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قراءة كتاب The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 17
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The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 17
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THE WORKS OF
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
SWANSTON EDITION
VOLUME XVII
Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five
Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies
have been printed, of which only Two Thousand
Copies are for sale.
This is No. ............
SKETCH MAP OF THE BEACH OF FALESÁ AND NEIGHBOURING COUNTRY
THE WORKS OF
ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON
VOLUME SEVENTEEN
LONDON: PUBLISHED BY CHATTO AND
WINDUS: IN ASSOCIATION WITH CASSELL
AND COMPANY LIMITED: WILLIAM
HEINEMANN: AND LONGMANS GREEN
AND COMPANY MDCCCCXII
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
CONTENTS
A FOOTNOTE TO HISTORY |
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EIGHT YEARS OF TROUBLE IN SAMOA |
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| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | The Elements of Discord: Native | 5 |
| II. | The Elements of Discord: Foreign | 15 |
| III. | The Sorrows of Laupepa (1883 to September 1887) | 27 |
| IV. | Brandeis (September 1887 to August 1888) | 53 |
| V. | The Battle of Matautu (September 1888) | 70 |
| VI. | Last Exploits of Becker (September—November 1888) | 83 |
| VII. | The Samoan Camps (November 1888) | 103 |
| VIII. | Affairs of Laulii and Fangalii (November—December 1888) | 112 |
| IX. | “Furor Consularis” (December 1888 to March 1889) | 128 |
| X. | The Hurricane (March 1889) | 142 |
| XI. | Laupepa and Mataafa (1889-1892) | 156 |
ISLAND NIGHTS’ ENTERTAINMENTS |
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| The Beach of Falesá: | ||
| I. | A South Sea Bridal | 193 |
| II. | The Ban | 206 |
| III. | The Missionary | 228 |
| IV. | Devil-Work | 240 |
| V. | Night in the Bush | 258 |
| The Bottle Imp | 275 | |
| The Isle of Voices | 311 | |
A
FOOTNOTE TO HISTORY
EIGHT YEARS OF TROUBLE
IN SAMOA
PREFACE
An affair which might be deemed worthy of a note of a few lines in any general history has been here expanded to the size of a volume or large pamphlet. The smallness of the scale, and the singularity of the manners and events and many of the characters, considered, it is hoped that, in spite of its outlandish subject, the sketch may find readers. It has been a task of difficulty. Speed was essential, or it might come too late