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Geoffrey Harrington's Adventures

Plot Geoffrey Harrington, a manager in an engineering firm, falls on bad days, emigrates, and on a voyage from San Francisco to Yokohama is wrecked and cast up on the previously unknown island of Avelia. The Avelians, cultivated and prosperous, having a level of civilisation roughly equivalent to the Greeks and Romans. They have never discovered the art of sailing and welcome Geoffrey as a genius when he introduces it. The kingdom is at war with Tuta, a neighbouring island, peopled by Avelians who emigrated there hundreds of years ago and created their own independent government. The Tutans are aggressive and regularly raid Avelia for food and young men whom they enslave. With Geoffrey's help on tactics and technology the weaker Avelians defeat the Tutans. The kingdom is united after the war and Geoffrey marries the Queen of Avelia. Reviews at time of publication . . . tells about a schooner bound from San Francisco to Yokohama, and include a particularly thrilling account of a wreck, a rescue, and grim experiences among some savages with a white girl-queen. — London Evening Standard - Friday 06 December 1907, page 4: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. . . . describes how a

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