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A Selection from theCatalogue ofG. P. PUTNAM’S SONSComplete Catalogues senton application

A Selection from theCatalogue ofG. P. PUTNAM’S SONS

Complete Catalogues senton application

TheCruise of the Kawa

ByDr. Walter E. Traprock,F. R. S. S. E. U.

A delicious literary burlesque—superlatively amusing. Here are found thewak-wak, that horrid super-seamonster; the gallantfatu-livabirds who lay square eggs; the flowinghoopabowl, and the sensuousnabiscusplant; the tantalizing, tatooing, fabulous folk music; the beautiful, trusting Filbertine women and their quaint marriage customs, as well as the dread results of the white man’s coming—all described with a frank freedom, literary charm, and meticulous regard for truth which is delightful.The Cruise of the Kawa stands unique among the literature of modern exploration. Nothing like it has ever come out of the South Seas. It isthetravel book of years. Strikingly illustrated, too, from special photographs, it tells pictorially, as well as verbally, the exciting, amusing, and entertaining story of an exploration in the South Seas.G. P. Putnam’s SonsNew YorkLondon

A delicious literary burlesque—superlatively amusing. Here are found thewak-wak, that horrid super-seamonster; the gallantfatu-livabirds who lay square eggs; the flowinghoopabowl, and the sensuousnabiscusplant; the tantalizing, tatooing, fabulous folk music; the beautiful, trusting Filbertine women and their quaint marriage customs, as well as the dread results of the white man’s coming—all described with a frank freedom, literary charm, and meticulous regard for truth which is delightful.

The Cruise of the Kawa stands unique among the literature of modern exploration. Nothing like it has ever come out of the South Seas. It isthetravel book of years. Strikingly illustrated, too, from special photographs, it tells pictorially, as well as verbally, the exciting, amusing, and entertaining story of an exploration in the South Seas.

G. P. Putnam’s SonsNew YorkLondon

My NorthernExposure

The Kawaat the Pole

ByWalter E. Traprock

Similar in format to the famousCruise of the Kawa, this new volume carries the reader on an exciting and riotously funny expedition to the frozen north. It is an account of the adventures of the redoubtable Dr. Traprock (and party) who set out to discover the real North Pole—but undertake their voyage in a most unusual manner. The incidents, accidents, and final discoveries in this merry burlesque are certain to afford as much, if, indeed, not more enjoyment than the firstKawastory.21 gorgeous full page illustrations.G. P. Putnam’s SonsNew YorkLondon

Similar in format to the famousCruise of the Kawa, this new volume carries the reader on an exciting and riotously funny expedition to the frozen north. It is an account of the adventures of the redoubtable Dr. Traprock (and party) who set out to discover the real North Pole—but undertake their voyage in a most unusual manner. The incidents, accidents, and final discoveries in this merry burlesque are certain to afford as much, if, indeed, not more enjoyment than the firstKawastory.

21 gorgeous full page illustrations.

G. P. Putnam’s SonsNew YorkLondon


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