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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 October 1984Vol. 55, No. 10

Books received

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Black Coconuts, Brown Magic. By Joseph Theroux. Published 1983 by The Dial Press, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 245 Park Avenue, New York. 10167 USA. ISBN 0 385 27947 7. Price $U513.95.

Politics in New Caledonia. By Myriam Dornoy. Published 1984 by Sydney University Press, Sydney University, NSW 2006. ISBN 0 420 0101 2 Price $A42.50.

The Prehistoric Archaeology of Nor folk Island. Pacific Anthropological Re cords No. 34. By Jim Specht. Published by Department of Anthropology, Ber nice P. Bishop Museum, P.O. Box 19000-A, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817 ISBN 0 910240 95 7. No price.

Na Pule Kahiko. Ancient Hawaiian Prayers. By Jane Gutmanis. Published 1983 by Editions Limited, 1123 Kapa hulu Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii 96816 ISBN 0 9607938 6 0. No price.