In the South Seas

<p>Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 - 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist poet essayist and travel writer. </p><p>A literary celebrity during his lifetime Stevenson now ranks among the 30 most translated authors in the world just below Charles Dickens. </p><p> </p><p>In the South Seas is a combination of personal anecdotes and historical accounts of Stevenson's travels to the Paumotus and the Gilbert Islands during 1888-9.  </p>