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'Narrates the romantic peregrinations of a young aesthete devoted to his violin. He wanders through New Zealand, Samoa, New Guinea, the Marquesas and back to New Zealand. There are references to Maori legends, gold hunting and pearling, as well as meetings with R. L. Stevenson.' - Miller
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Author's foreword is an untitled poem beginning: The wind's song and a bird's song, and the song of the singing sea.
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Epigraph: The magic kowari hangs its golden head-/ A symbol, hid in deepest forest gloom,/ Of beauty's self, and heart unwearied ... - Maori Legend
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cAmerican Samoa,cSouth Pacific, Pacific Region,
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cNew Zealand,cPacific Region,
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cPapua New Guinea,cPacific Region,
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cFrench Polynesia,cSouth Pacific, Pacific Region,
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