For Becke fans

The Australian writer Louis Becke (1855-1913), who lived much of his early manhood in the Pacific, has been highly praised by literary critics and other writers for his portrayal of the South Seas of his day.

The mass of readers for the past half-century, however, have persistently neglected to read Louis Becke—either because his books have been too hard to get, or because his stories are not as good as the critics say they are.

If you have neglected him for reason No. 1 but would like to give him a go, then you’ll be glad to know that Dr. A. Grove Day, of the University of Hawaii, has just brought out an an thology of his short stories under the title “South Sea Supercargo” (Jacaranda Press, Brisbane,

$3.50).-

RL.

Louis Becke