Author: Riddell, Florence
Title: Dream Island
Description: Geoffrey Bles, Suffolk St, Pall Mall, 1928, 2nd edition. Cloth, G. 318pp, spine sunned, paper rather browned a good reading copy. inl ownership stamp & inked name & adddress to the endpapers. Popular edition. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ Uncommon Romantic fiction which was described as 'Tropical palms, low lying reefs, luxuriance in nature's offerings, a man who hates women, a woman who has foresworn man, and each with a book to write. What more can you ask, if you have imagination and a romantic nature? There are some new pieces in the old jigsaw puzzle, however, -- a native girl who is an adept at the mystical arts of love, a white man brought up among the natives, voodooism or its South Sea island equivalent, human sacrifice, hurricanes, and murder. Circulating library appeal, almost exclusively' [Kirkus Review]

Keywords: pacific, romantic fiction, fiction, south sea islands