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Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. xxiv, 129-190 pages. Features: Cover illustration of scene in the Macpherson Range, Queensland, Australia; The Raft - George Rea and his employer's family are driven from an isolated Queensland homestead by a flood; The Haunted Tanker - Third Officer David Kellar relates what happened; The Black Pearls of Fatu-Hiva - a South Seas ocean floor treasure cave and a vanished fortune; The Life History of bandit Bill Miner, one of the most notorious outlaws to trouble Canada and the Western States - article with photos of Lewis Colquhoun, "Shorty" Dunn and the Dominion Penitentiary at New Westminster, B.C., from which Miner made his sensational escape; Act of God - an experience in Karachi; Shooting Star - an amusing tale from the Sudan; River of the Dead - violence in Brazil's interior involving missionaries and the Chavantes people; The "Village of Ladders" - photo-illustrated article on the tiny Swiss hamlet of Albinen; The Live in Trees - fascinating photo-illustrated article on the people of Travancore State in India who live in tree houses; Living Native in the South Seas; and more. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Nicolson, W.C. (cover); (illustrator).…