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Wednesday The Tenth: A Tale Of The South Pacific is a novel written by the British author Grant Allen and first published in 1890. The story is set in the South Pacific and follows the adventures of a young man named Guy Ainslie, who is shipwrecked on a remote island. He is rescued... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

Excerpt from Wednesday the Tenth: A Tale of the South Pacific On the eighteenth day out from Sydney, we were cruising under the lee of Erromanga - of course you know Erromanga, an isolated island between the New Hebrides and the Loyalty group - when suddenly our dusky Polynesian... Read Full Overview

"Wednesday the Tenth - A Tale of the South Pacific" from Grant Allen. Canadian science writer and novelist (1848-1899).

Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (February 24, 1848 - October 25, 1899) was a Canadian science writer and novelist, educated in England. He was a public promoter of evolution in the second half of the nineteenth century. After leaving his professorship, in 1876 he returned to... Read Full Overview

On the eighteenth day out from Sydney, we were cruising under the lee of Erromanga-of course you know Erromanga, an isolated island between the New Hebrides and the Loyalty group-when suddenly our dusky Polynesian boy, Nassaline, who was at the masthead on the lookout, gave a... Read Full Overview

""Wednesday The Tenth: A Tale Of The South Pacific"" is a novel written by Grant Allen and published in 1890. The story revolves around a group of travelers who are stranded on a deserted island in the South Pacific after their ship sinks. The group includes a young couple, a... Read Full Overview