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HIS delightful novel is a perfect picture of Hawaiian social life. The author has spent much time in Hawaii, the Paradise of the Pacific, as it is so aptly called, and has found it a most suitable fresh setting for a story. When Commodore and Mrs. Chandler arrive at Honolulu on their yacht, Gelda, they are entertained lavishly and arouse not a little curiosity among the natives. At one of the native fetes, which is given in their honor, a famous jewel disappears. Thereupon follow a number of other curious incidents. Altogether this is one of the brightest stories of modern Hawaiian Colonial life.

"Not only is Jessie Kaufman's story, 'A Jewel of the Seas,' full of promise, but it is an excellent piece of work, .... the author having drawn several characters that breathe the breath of life—real men and women. Moreover, she has given us the best pen picture of Hawaiian society ever presented to fiction readers." —San Francisco Bulletin.

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