T. FISHER UNWIN, Publisher, 
THE EBBING OF THE 
t*I T) F BY 
1 LUC ' LOUIS BECKE 
Author of “ By Reef and Palm ” 
Second Edition . Crown 8m, cloth , 0s. 
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“ Mr. Louis Becke wields a powerful pen, with the additional advantage 
that he waves it in unfrequented places, and summons up with it the elemental 
passions of human nature. ... It will be seen that Mr. Becke is somewhat 
of the fleshly school, but with a pathos and power not given to the ordinary 
professors of that school. . . . Altogether for those who like stirring stories 
cast in strange scenes, this is a book to be read .”—National Observer . 
PACIFIC TALES 
BY 
LOUIS BECKE 
With a Portrait of the Author 
Second Edition. Crown 8m, cloth, 6s< 
“ The appearance of a new book by Mr. Becke has become an event of note 
—and very justly. No living author, if we except Mr. Kipling, has so amazing 
a command of that unhackneyed vitality of phrase that most people call by 
the name of realism. Whether it is scenery or character or incident that he 
wishes to depict, the touch is ever so dramatic and vivid that the reader is 
conscious of a picture and impression that has no parallel save in the records 
of actual sight and memory.”— Westminster Gazette . 
“ Another series of sketches of island life in the South Seas, not inferior to 
those contained in ‘ By Reef and Palm.’ ”— Speaker. 
“The book is well worth reading. The author knows what he is talking 
about and has a keen eye for the picturesque.”— G. B. Burgin in To-day. 
“ A notable contribution to the romance of the South Seas.” 
T. P. O’Connor, M.P., in The Graphic . 
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