Summer Cruising in the South Seas

SUMMER CRUISING IN THE SOUTH SEAS


BY THE SAME AUTHOR
Post 8vo, cloth, gilt top, 6s. net.
THE ISLAND OF TRANQUIL DELIGHTS
After a lapse of many years the author of 'Summer Cruising in the South Seas' presents the public with another series of South-Sea idyls. Of the first collection Emerson said—'I do not think that one who can write so well will find it easy to leave off.' The prophecy has come true. 'Summer Cruising in the South Seas' has become a classic in American literature, and the sequel bids fair to attain rank alongside of it. One might fitly describe it, in Mr. Kipling's words, as 'a very tropic of colour and fragrance.' There is a haunting quality about these idyls that must make them live in the hearts of all who read them. They are full of charming word-pictures and of exquisite touches which tell of dream life in fairyland—among the lightest, sweetest, wildest, freshest things that have been written about the life of these 'summer isles of Eden.' — Glasgow Herald .
A pretty book with a pretty title. Glimpses of Paradise he gives in these tropic pictures, and with something of idyllic grace he presents them. — Westminster Gazette .
Delightful sketches and stories. — Times .
Written in a leisurely style, and possessing a certain elusive atmospheric style of their own.... There is charm here, and that of a kind not often to be found in modern fiction.... 'The Island of Tranquil Delights' should be read. — Standard.
Altogether charming.... It is a book for quiet half-hours. — Daily Mail .
A delightful book—more than fascinating. After having read the book for the stories, one reads it again for the style. — Travellers' Magazine .