This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ...home in Florida, are rather slight in texture, but have the unmistakable impress of her genius. "Paradise in the Pacific: a Book of Travel, Adventure, and Facts, in the Sandwich Islands," by William R. Bliss, is pleasantly written, and tells mnch on the inhabitants of the Hawaiian Kingdom, their character and modes of living, their civil institutions, their resources and prospects. But while the author makes an agreeable impression of himself, he cannot be said to take a rose-colored view of the Sandwich Islands. Mention should be made of " The Egyptian Sketch-Book," from the practised pen of Charles Godfrey Leland; and of " Under the Mizzen-iuast," an enlarged edition of his very readable "Voyage round the World, by Dr. Nehemiah Adams "--and these following: New Life in New...

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