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Title: The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25)

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

Other: Andrew Lang

Release Date: January 18, 2010 [EBook #31012]

Language: English

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THE WORKS OF
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

SWANSTON EDITION
VOLUME XVII

_Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five
Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies
have been printed, of which only Two Thousand
Copies are for sale._

_This is No._ ..........

[Illustration: SKETCH MAP OF THE BEACH OF FALESA AND NEIGHBOURING
COUNTRY]

THE WORKS OF
ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON

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 A