From Saranac to the Marquesas and Beyond: Being Letters Written by Mrs. M. I. Stevenson During 1887-88, to Her Sister, Jane Whyte Balfour, with a Short Introduction by George W. BalfourCharles Scribner's Sons, 1903 - 313 páginas |
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