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R.M. 발렌타인의 1870년에 출간된 소설
R.M. Ballantyne(1825-1894)은 스코틀랜드의 예술가이자 대부분 어린이 소설의 다작 작가였다. Edinburgh에서 태어난 Ballantyne은 열 자녀 중 아홉 번째였다. 16세에 Ballantyne은 캐나다로 이주하여 Hudson's Bay Company에서 일하면서 모피 무역을 위해 전국을 여행했다. 1847년 아버지가 세상을 떠나 스코틀랜드로 돌아온 그는 평생 동안 100권이 넘는 어린이 모험 책을 쓰면서 본격적으로 문학 활동을 시작했다. 'The Coral Island' 및 'The Young Fur Traders'와 같은 이야기는 큰 인기를 얻었으며 많은 이야기가 캐나다 전역을 여행한 자신의 경험을 바탕으로 했다.
그의 대표작으로는 "The Coral Island"(《산호섬》)과 "The Gorilla Hunters"(《고릴라 사냥꾼》) 등이 있으며, 이들 작품은 당시 영국에서 매우 인기가 있었습니다. 또한, 그는 자연과학에 관심을 가지고 있어 책에도 관련 내용을 많이 썼다.


R.M. Valentine's novel published in 1870
R.M. Ballantyne (1825-1894) was a Scottish artist and prolific author of mostly children's fiction. Born in Edinburgh, Ballantyne was the ninth of ten children. At the age of 16, Ballantyne moved to Canada, where he worked for the Hudson's Bay Company, where he traveled the country in the fur trade. After his father died in 1847, he returned to Scotland and began his literary career in earnest, writing over 100 children's adventure books during his lifetime. His stories, such as 'The Coral Island' and 'The Young Fur Traders', were hugely popular and many of them were based on his own experiences traveling across Canada.
His representative works include "The Coral Island" and "The Gorilla Hunters", which were very popular in England at the time. In addition, he was interested in natural science and wrote a lot of related contents in books.

요약
태평양 한가운데 있는 작은 섬에 있는 정착민 식민지에 샌달 우드 상인으로 알려진 수수께끼의 남자가 방문한다. 일부는 그가 해적이라고 말하고 다른 일부는 그가 주장하는 무해한 상인이라는 것을 믿는다.

Summary
A settler colony on a small island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is visited by a mysterious man known as the Sandalwood Merchant. Some say he is a pirate, others believe he is a harmless trader he claims to be.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. The Schooner
CHAPTER II. Bumpus is Fiery and Philosophical?Murderous Designs Frustrated
CHAPTER III. A Rough Walk Enlivened by Rambling Talk?Bumpus is "Agreeable"
CHAPTER IV. The Missionary?Suspicions, Surprises, and Surmises
CHAPTER V. The Pastor's Household?Preparations for War
CHAPTER VI. Suspicions Allayed and Reawakened
CHAPTER VII. Master Corrie Caught Napping?Snakes in the Grass
CHAPTER VIII. A Surprise?A Battle and a Fire
CHAPTER IX. Baffled and Perplexed?Plans for a Rescue
CHAPTER X. The Pursuit?Poopy, Led on by Love and Hate, Rushes to the Rescue
CHAPTER XI. A Ghost?A Terrible Combat Ending in a Dreadful Plunge
CHAPTER XII. Dangerous Navigation and Doubtful Pilotage?Montague is Hot, Gascoyne Sarcastic
CHAPTER XIII. Doings on Board the "Foam"
CHAPTER XIV. Greater Mysteries than Ever?A Bold Move and Clever Escape
CHAPTER XV. Remarkable Doings of Poopy?Extraordinary Case of Resuscitation
CHAPTER XVI. A Wild Chase?Hope, Disappointment, and Despair?The Sandal-wood Trader Outwits the Man-of-War
CHAPTER XVII. The Escape
CHAPTER XVIII. The Goat's Pass?An Attack, a Bloodless Victory, and a Sermon
CHAPTER XIX. Sorrow and Sympathy?The Widow Becomes a Pleader, and her Son Engages In Single Combat
CHAPTER XX. Mysterious Consultations and Plans?Gascoyne Astonishes his Friends, and makes an Unexpected Confession
CHAPTER XXI. A Terrible Doom for an Innocent Man
CHAPTER XXII. The Rendezvous?An Episode?Peculiar Circumstances, and other Matters
CHAPTER XXIII. Plans Partially Carried out?The Cutter's Fate, and a Serious Misfortune
CHAPTER XXIV. An Unexpected Meeting?Doings on the Isle of Palms?Gascoyne's Despair
CHAPTER XXV. Surly Dick?The Rescue
CHAPTER XXVI. The Capture and the Fire
CHAPTER XXVII. Pleading for Life
CHAPTER XXVIII. A Peculiar Confidant?More Difficulties, and Various Plans to Overcome Them
CHAPTER XXIX. Bumpus is Perplexed?Mysterious Communings, and a Curious Leave-taking
CHAPTER XXX. More Leave-Taking?Deep Designs?Bumpus in a New Capacity
CHAPTER XXXI. The Ambush?The Escape?Retributive Justice?And Conclusion