Excerpt from Under Hawaiian Skies: A Narrative of the Romance, Adventure and History of the Hawaiian IslandsIn monarchy days everything centered upon the court and the royal palace, the princes and princesses, the balls, receptions and audiences in the beautiful throne room Of the Palace of Iolani, around the visits of wooden - walled warships whose presence in port meant dances and receptions on board, Often with the king and queen and the court present. There were gay parties in the country there was music, there was love and adventures in love when gay midshipmen plighted their troths to beautiful, brown skinned, soft-eyed maidens of Hawaii, many of whom may have but recently returned from finishing schools in America and Europe. The rulers of Hawaii were as polished in manner and as educated as many who occupied the thrones Of foreign coun tries.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.