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Issue Details: First known date: 1899... 1899 Ridan the Devil and Other Stories
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Contents

* Contents derived from the London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,:T. Fisher Unwin , 1899 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Rídan the Devil, Louis Becke , single work short story
A Pacific Islander, rescued after a shipwreck and unable to communicate, is brutally treated by a plantation overseer.
 (p. 3 - 15)
A Memory of 'The System', Louis Becke , single work short story
A tale of life in a penal settlement and the activities of a 'flogging parson', apparently based on Samuel Marsden. The narrator tells the story of his friends, two convicts assigned to his father.
 (p. 19 - 58)
A North Pacific Lagoon Island, Louis Becke , single work short story
A detailed description of the history, birdlife, other wildlife, and physical characteristics of Christmas Island
 (p. 61 - 70)
Bilger, of Sydney, Louis Becke , single work short story
An old man appeals to the narrator's sympathetic sister following the death of the narrator's infant son, but soon proves to be an inescapable burden.
 (p. 73 - 84)
The Vision of Milli the Slave, Louis Becke , single work short story
A Tahitian chief's son is betrothed to the daughter of the chief of another island, but his island is impoverished by the demands of the prospective bride's father. Following a dream Milli the Slave devises a scheme to save the island from destruction.
 (p. 87 - 102)
Denison Gets a Berth Ashore, Louis Becke , single work short story humour
A sailor is offered a job managing a run-down poultry farm, but discovers his dreams of an easy life are not well-founded.
 (p. 105 - 111)
Addie Ransom : A Memory of the Tokelaus, Louis Becke , single work short story
A Samoan island is stricken with drought and pestilence. The death of a young girl, the daughter of a trader, leads to drastic action from her alcoholic father.
 (p. 115 - 122)
In a Native Village, Louis Becke , single work short story
An Australian trader falls victim to the villagers' schemes to extract money from him. When he attempts to beat them at their own game he is sadly outwitted.
 (p. 125 - 132)
Maurice Kinane, Louis Becke , single work short story
A young boy accompanies a party of sailors ashore, but is accidentally left behind when the party is attacked by the island's inhabitants.
 (p. 135 - 152)
The 'Killers' of Twofold Bay, Louis Becke , single work short story
Describes the whale migrations along the coast of Australia and how killer whales allegedly 'assist' whalers in their work.
 (p. 155 - 162)
A Fish Drive on a Micronesian Atoll, Louis Becke , single work short story
The crew of a brigatine are made welcome by the inhabitants of an island in the Carolines, and participate in a fish drive, which the narrator describes in great detail.
 (p. 177 - 188)
Bobaran, Louis Becke , single work short story
A European trader takes up his postion at Kabaira Bay, where there has been considerable conflict with the local inhabitants.
 (p. 191 - 199)
Sea Fishing in Australia, Louis Becke , single work short story
Describes a variety of fishing experiences along the N.S.W. coast
 (p. 203 - 212)
An Adventure in the New Hebrides, Louis Becke , single work short story
A ship making its way towards the New Hebrides fights off an attempted act of piracy by a group of escaped convicts.
 (p. 215 - 229)
The South Sea Bubble of Charles du Breil, Louis Becke , single work short story
An account of the ill-fated attempt by French aristocrat Charles du Breil, Marquis de Rays, to establish a new colony, to be known as 'New France', in Eastern New Guinea.
 (p. 233 - 243)
The White Wife and the Brown 'Woman', Louis Becke , single work short story
A sailor, lost at sea, learns that his wife has married his friend. Realising they genuinely thought he was dead, he does not confront them and settles in Samoa with his Samoan wife, but faces a difficult decison when his wife and his friend arrive on the island where he is living.
 (p. 247 - 262)
With Hook and Line on an Austral River, Louis Becke , single work short story
Describes fishing in the tidal rivers and creeks of Australia's east coast, but particularly in the Hastings River area. Becke describes a wide variety of fish, which were present in abundance.
 (p. 265 - 277)
The Wreck of the 'Leonora' : A Memory of 'Bully' Hayes, Louis Becke , single work short story
Becke was employed as a supercargo by 'Bully' Hayes, an infamous blackbirder, for two years. Here he writes of the destruction of 'Bully' Hayes's ship, the Leonora during a cyclone.
 (p. 281 - 295)
An Old Colonial Mutiny, Louis Becke , single work short story
Relates the seizing of the ship, Venus, the subsequent activities of the mutinous crew in New Zealand, and the eventual fate of the ship and some of the mutineers.
 (p. 299 - 307)
A Boating Adventure in the Carolines, Louis Becke , single work short story
Becke relates his experience of being on board a ship that capsizes after striking a piece of wreckage, and the subsequent rescue of himself and the rest of the crew.
 (p. 311 - 320)
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