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Issue Details: First known date: 1897... vol. 11 no. 2 March 1897 of The Idler est. 1896 The Idler
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* Contents derived from the , 1897 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Dr Ludwig Schwalbe, South Sea Savant, Louis Becke , single work short story
An injured sailor is put ashore on an isolated island to be tended by a German doctor. The doctor declares he has given up medicine to study the mating behaviour of green turtles. The sailor is terrified when he learns what the doctor is really doing.
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