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R.M. 발렌타인이 1879에 쓴 서간문으로 발렌타인의 남아프리카 여행이야기로 Periwinkle로만 알려진 여성에게 보내는 일련의 편지다.
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. A series of letters written by Valentine in 1879 to a woman known only as Periwinkle, telling the story of Valentine's travels in South Africa.
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. Returning to Scotland after his father's death in 1847, he 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 his stories 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.

CONTENTS

Letter 1. “A Life on the Ocean Wave.”
Letter 2. Hunting Springboks on the Karroo.
Letter 3. Somerset?The British Settlers?Original “Owners”?Native Church-Going.
Letter 4. Adventures with Ostriches.
Letter 5. More about Ostriches?Karroo Gardens?
Letter 6. Over the Plains?Lion and Tiger Reminiscences?
Letter 7. Lion-Hunting, etcetera, in the Early Days?Bushmen and their Troubles.
Letter 8. Rain! Rain! Rain!?Baboons River?
Letter 9. Crossing the Great Fish River?
Letter 10. Salem?A Peculiar Picnic?Polo under Difficulties?
Letter 11. Algoa Bay?Kafirs on the Coast?Difficulties Regarding Servants.
Letter 12. Port Elizabeth?Algoa Bay?Diamonds?Kafir Nobility.
Letter 13. The “Cape Doctor”?The Capetown Mine?Mules, Literature, and Customs-Officials.
Letter 14. Stellenbosch, etcetera.