SOUTH SEA TALES
By Jack London
CONTENTS
THE HOUSE OF MAPUHI
THE WHALE TOOTH
MAUKI
“YAH! YAH! YAH!”
THE HEATHEN
THE TERRIBLE SOLOMONS
THE INEVITABLE WHITE MAN
THE SEED OF McCOY
THE VALLEY OF THE MOON
By Jack London
CONTENTS
BOOK I
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
BOOK II
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
BOOK III
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
The Son of the Wolf
By Jack London
CONTENTS
The White Silence
The Son of the Wolf
The Men of Forty Mile
In a Far Country
To the Man on the Trail
The Priestly Prerogative
The Wisdom of the Trail
The Wife of a King
An Odyssey of the North
LOST FACE
By Jack London
CONTENTS
page
Lost Face
11
Trust
29
To Build a Fire
47
That Spot
71
Flush of Gold
85
The Passing of Marcus O’Brien
106
The Wit of Porportuk
124
THE CRUISE OF THE SNARK
By Jack London
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
PAGE
I.
Foreword
13
II.
The Inconceivable and Monstrous
27
III.
Adventure
47
IV.
Finding One’s Way About
58
V.
The First Landfall
72
VI.
A Royal Sport
82
VII.
The Lepers of Molokai
97
VIII.
The House of the Sun
116
IX.
A Pacific Traverse
134
X.
Typee
156
XI.
The Nature Man
175
XII.
The High Seat of Abundance
193
XIII.
The Stone-fishing of Bora Bora
214
XIV.
The Amateur Navigator
223
XV.
Cruising in the Solomons
244
XVI.
Bêche de Mer English
270
XVII.
The Amateur M.D.
280
Backword
303
WHEN GOD LAUGHS, AND OTHER STORIES
By Jack London
CONTENTS
WHEN GOD LAUGHS
THE APOSTATE
A WICKED WOMAN
JUST MEAT
CREATED HE THEM
THE CHINAGO
MAKE WESTING
SEMPER IDEM
A NOSE FOR THE KING
THE “FRANCIS SPAIGHT”
A CURIOUS FRAGMENT
A PIECE OF STEAK
SMOKE BELLEW
by Jack London
CONTENTS
I. THE TASTE OF THE MEAT
II. THE MEAT
III. THE STAMPEDE TO SQUAW CREEK
IV. SHORTY DREAMS
V. THE MAN ON THE OTHER BANK
VI. THE RACE FOR NUMBER THREE
VII. THE LITTLE MAN
VIII. THE HANGING OF CULTUS GEORGE
IX. THE MISTAKE OF CREATION
X. A FLUTTER IN EGGS
XI. THE TOWN-SITE OF TRA-LEE
XII. WONDER OF WOMAN
CHILDREN OF THE FROST
By Jack London
CONTENTS
IN THE FORESTS OF THE NORTH
THE LAW OF LIFE
NAM-BOK THE UNVERACIOUS
THE MASTER OF MYSTERY
THE SUNLANDERS
THE SICKNESS OF LONE CHIEF
KEESH, THE SON OF KEESH
THE DEATH OF LIGOUN
LI WAN, THE FAIR
THE LEAGUE OF THE OLD MEN
THE CRUISE OF THE DAZZLER
By Jack London
CONTENTS
I BROTHER AND SISTER
II "THE DRACONIAN REFORMS"
III "BRICK," "SORREL-TOP," AND "REDDY"
IV THE BITER BITTEN
V HOME AGAIN
VI EXAMINATION DAY
VII FATHER AND SON
VIII 'FRISCO KID AND THE NEW BOY
IX ABOARD THE DAZZLER
X WITH THE BAY PIRATES
XI CAPTAIN AND CREW
XII JOE TRIES TO TAKE FRENCH LEAVE
XIII BEFRIENDING EACH OTHER
XIV AMONG THE OYSTER-BEDS
XV GOOD SAILORS IN A WILD ANCHORAGE
XVI 'FRISCO KID'S DITTY-BOX
XVII 'FRISCO KID TELLS HIS STORY
XVIII A NEW RESPONSIBILITY FOR JOE
XIX THE BOYS PLAN AN ESCAPE
XX PERILOUS HOURS
XXI JOE AND HIS FATHER
ILLUSTRATIONS
Joe eats his first meal on the "Dazzler".
They sat side by side in the shelter of the cockpit.
'Frisco Kid instantly named it as the "Reindeer".
"Does she look like this?" he asked, turning it that the other might see.
Pete luffed straight into it, and the "Dazzler" mounted the steep slope with a rush.
Pete clung on, working inboard every time he emerged, till he dropped into the cockpit.
DUTCH COURAGE AND OTHER STORIES
By Jack London
CONTENTS
PREFACE
DUTCH COURAGE
TYPHOON OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN
THE LOST POACHER
THE BANKS OF THE SACRAMENTO
CHRIS FARRINGTON: ABLE SEAMAN
TO REPEL BOARDERS
AN ADVENTURE IN THE UPPER SEA
BALD-FACE
IN YEDDO BAY
WHOSE BUSINESS IS TO LIVE
THE ROAD
By Jack London
CONTENTS
Confession
Holding Her Down
Pictures
"Pinched"
The Pen
Hoboes That Pass in the Night
Road-Kids and Gay-Cats
Two Thousand Stiffs
Bulls
THE TURTLES OF TASMAN
By Jack London
CONTENTS
BY THE TURTLES OF TASMAN
THE ETERNITY OF FORMS
TOLD IN THE DROOLING WARD
THE HOBO AND THE FAIRY
THE PRODIGAL FATHER
THE FIRST POET
FINIS
THE END OF THE STORY
STORIES OF SHIPS AND THE SEA
By Jack London
CONTENTS
Page
Chris Farrington: Able Seaman 5
Typhoon Off the Coast of Japan 17
The Lost Poacher 25
The Banks of the Sacramento 40
In Yeddo Bay 54
THEFT
A Play In Four Acts
By Jack London
CONTENTS
ACTORS' DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTERS
ACT I A Room in the House of Senator Chalmers
ACT II Rooms of Howard Knox at Hotel Waltham
ACT III A Room in the Washington House of Anthony Starkweather
ACT IV Same as Act I
THE SCARLET PLAGUE
By Jack London
Illustrated By Gordon Grant
CONTENTS
THE SCARLET PLAGUE
I II III IV V VI
ILLUSTRATIONS
Slowly he Pulled the Bowstring Taut 020
Rabbit is Good, Very Good 026
This Attracted the Old Man's Nostrils 033
With a Sling Such As David Carried 036
I Was a Professor of English Literature 054
Sixty Years Since I Have Seen a Piece of Soap. 059
Granser, You Make Me Sick With Your Gabble 071
But This New Plague Was Quicker 078
The Telephone Bell Rang 088
Fled from the City by Millions 092
I Heard Sounds of Rioting and Of Pistol Shots 098
Look at Yourself in the Mirror 100
Now in the Time of Calamity They Turned on Us 108
He Told Me he Had Been Cruelly Beaten 112
We Thrust Her Forth from the Building 121
She Fell Like a Plummet to the Earth 132
With My Horse and Dogs And Pony, I Set out 144
Everybody Called Him Chauffeur 149
Vesta the One Woman 150
There She Was, Boiling Fish-chowder 153
And Her the Chauffeur Beat and Made his Slave 158
Found Evidences of a Recently Occupied Camp 169
I Have Stored Many Books in a Cave 179
A SON OF THE SUN
BY JACK LONDON
CONTENTS
Chapter One A SON OF THE SUN I II III IV V VI
Chapter Two THE PROUD GOAT OF ALOYSIUS PANKBURN I II III IV V VI VII
Chapter Three THE DEVILS OF FUATINO I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
Chapter Four THE JOKERS OF NEW GIBBON I II III IV
Chapter Five A LITTLE ACCOUNT WITH SWITHIN HALL I II III IV V VI VII VIII
Chapter Six A GOBOTO NIGHT I II
Chapter Seven THE FEATHERS OF THE SUN I II III III IV V VI VII
Chapter Eight THE PEARLS OF PARLAY I II III IV V
THE ACORN-PLANTER
By Jack London
CONTENTS
ARGUMENT
PROLOGUE
ACT I.
ACT II.
EPILOGUE
TALES OF THE FISH PATROL
By Jack London
CONTENTS
I White and Yellow 9
II The King of the Greeks 39
III A Raid on the Oyster Pirates 71
IV The Siege of the "Lancashire Queen" 103
V Charley's Coup 139
VI Demetrios Contos 175
VII Yellow Handkerchief 209
ILLUSTRATIONS
"I put my hand to my hip pocket" Frontispiece
facing page
Map 11
"He saw fit to laugh and sneer at us, before all the fishermen" 60
"The Centipede and the Porpoise doubled up on the cabin in paroxysms of laughter 86
"I suddenly arose and threw the grappling iron" 116
"The consternation we spread among the fishermen was tremendous" 158
"There, in the stern, sat Demetrios Contos" 204
"I went aft and took charge of the prize" 218
SCORN OF WOMEN
A Play In Three Acts
By Jack London
ACT I ALASKA COMPANY'S STORE AT DAWSON
ACT II ANTEROOM OF PIONEER HALL
ACT III FREDA MOLOOF'S CABIN
BROWN WOLF
By Jack London
And Other Jack London Stories
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
BROWN WOLF
THAT SPOT
TRUST
ALL GOLD CANYON
THE STORY OF KEESH
NAM-BOK THE UNVERACIOUS
YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF
MAKE WESTING
THE HEATHEN
THE HOBO AND THE FAIRY
"JUST MEAT"
A NOSE FOR THE KING