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SOURCE: A review of Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas, in The Bookman, London, Vol. LXII, 369, June, 1922, p. 143.
In the following review, the critic lauds Wild Justice as a fascinating blend of tragedy and humor.
It is not fair of Mr. Lloyd Osbourne. Here are we, packed more or less securely in some of the biggest cities of the world, taking shelter from rain, wearing clothes that afflict us in hot weather and are not particularly comfortable in cold weather, catching trains and colds and running offices and paying—or trying to pay—incometax; and he considers this a suitable moment to call our attention to those South Sea isles where nature supplies every need and laughter and flowers and blue skies are the principal things that matter. Still; to do him justice, he describes several "affairs" which go to show that envy and murder, revenge and...
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