Island Nights' Entertainments (also known asSouth Sea Tales) is a collection ofshort stories byRobert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1893. It would prove to contain some of his final completed work before his death in 1894.
It contains three stories:
The dedication was written in January 1892 in a letter to Charles Baxter,Robert Louis Stevenson's friend and adviser, and the book finally published in 1893.[1] The dedication reads:
To three old shipmates among the islands,
- Harry Henderson,
- Ben Hird,
- Jack Buckland,
- their friend
- R.L.S.
All three were Robert Louis Stevenson's fellow cabin passengers on the 1890Janet Nicholl voyage.[2][3] Harry Henderson was a partner in the firmHenderson and Macfarlane (died 1926, Melbourne); Ben Hird, thesupercargo and trader;Jack Buckland acopra trader and original of the Tommy Hadden character inThe Wrecker.[4] Jack Buckland’s dedication copy ofIsland Nights’ Entertainments was inscribed by Stevenson to "Jack Buckland, from Robert Louis Stevenson".[1]
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