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...voyage to the Sargasso Sea,, the Humboldt current, Volcanic Galapagos and the prehistoric gorge of the Hudson (TIME, Feb. 16, 1925 et seq.) ; replete with descriptions and exquisite hand-painted color plates of extraordinary sea creatures, from pygmy sharks to titan devilfish; written in Explorer Beebe's best scientifico-romantic vein -is THE ARCTURUS ADVENTURE-William Beebe-Putnam...
...Stevenson, a morsel of Melville, a tidbit of Dibdin, a fact or two about navigation and (for convalescence) one or two very short stories by Hawthorne, Daudet and compeers. In meagre fashion and with no lavish excess of ingenuity in arrangement, all tastes are catered to. There is a scientifico-detective story. There are lines from Lord Tennyson...
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