Volume 17 — STEVENSON
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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
EIGHT YEARS OF TROUBLE IN SAMOA
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
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