A Book of Islands ed. John S. Bowman (Doubleday, 1971, LC:76-131069, xiv+346pp, hc, an)
A selection of weird and bizarre stories set on islands collected by a noted travel writer.
- x · Introduction · John S. Bowman · in
- · Section One: Marvelous Islands
- 3 · The Shipwrecked Sailor · [uncredited] · ss (r); from the Egyptian.
- 7 · The Odyssey · Homer · ex (r)
- 14 · The True History · Lucian · ex (r)
- 19 · Sindbad the Sailor: First Voyage · [uncredited] · ss from The Arabian Nights (r)
- 27 · Gulliver’s Travels [Gulliver] · Jonathan Swift · ex Benjamin Motte, 1726, as “Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World”
- 40 · Adventures of Baron Munchausen · Rudolf Erich Raspe · ex 1785, as “Baron Munchhausen’s Narrative of His Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia”
- 45 · To Whom This May Come · Edward Bellamy · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine February 1889
- · Section Two: Man Alone
- 63 · Robinson Crusoe · Daniel Defoe · ex 1719
- 72 · Swiss Family Robinson · Johann Rudolf Wyss · ex 1812
actually written by his father, Johann Wyss (1743-1818).
- 83 · Masterman Ready · Frederick Marryat · ex from Mooreman Ready, Longmans, 1841
- 92 · The Mysterious Island · Jules Verne; translated by William H. G. Kingston · ex Scribner's, 1875; chapter 11.
- 102 · German Harry · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan January 1924
- · Section Three: Supernatural Sites
- 109 · Guests from Gibbet Island · Washington Irving · ss The Knickerbocker October 1839
- 120 · The Isle of Voices · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss The National Observer February 4 1893
- 137 · The Fiend of the Cooperage · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Manchester Weekly Times October 1 1897
- 148 · Æpyornis Island · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget December 27 1894
- 159 · A Haunted Island · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Pall Mall Magazine April 1899
- 174 · Desert of the Dead · Arthur J. Burks · ss Weird Tales March 1925
- · Section Four: Nature in the Raw
- 183 · The Legend of Last Island · Lafcadio Hearn · ss Chita: A Memory of Lost Island by Lafcadio Hearn, Harper, 1889
- 201 · The White Seal [Mowgli] · Rudyard Kipling · ss from The Jungle Book, 1894
- 216 · The Landing · Liam O’Flaherty · ss T.P.’s and Cassell’s Weekly May 24 1924
- 223 · Pincher Martin · William Golding · ex Faber and Faber, 1956; chapter 3.
- · Section Five: Concentrated Reality
- 231 · The Saga of Njal · [uncredited] · ex (r); from the Icelandic.
- 241 · Mateo Falcone · Prosper Mérimée · ss International Short Stories ed. & tr. Wm Patten, P.F. Collier's Sons, 1910
translated from the French.
- 253 · Property · Giovanni Verga; translated by D. H. Lawrence · ss Little Novels of Sicily by Giovanni Verga, Seltzer, 1925
- 260 · Semillante · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Une vendetta”, Le Gaulois, October 14, 1883).
- 266 · The Two Hoaxers · Stratis Myrivilis & Abbott Rick · ex The Charioteer Summer 1960
- · Section Six: Pink-Tinted Adventures
- 279 · The Count of Monte Cristo · Alexandre Dumas · ex Chapman & Hall, 1846; chapters 20-21.
translated from the French (Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, Pétlon, 1845/46).
- 289 · Typee · Herman Melville · ex Wiley and Putnam, 1846
- 297 · Treasure Island · Robert Louis Stevenson · ex Cassell & Co., November 14 1883; chapter 13.
- 302 · The Vagrant · Richard Harding Davis · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine June 1899
- 321 · A Son of Empire · Lloyd Osbourne · ss The London Magazine November 1912
- 332 · The Most Dangerous Game · Richard Connell · nv Collier’s January 19 1924
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