xi, 489 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Contents
General view of the principal groups and islands in the Pacific -- Fotuna -- Aneiteum -- Tanna -- Eramanga -- Niua -- Vate, or Sandwich Island -- New Caledonia and the Isle of Pines -- Mare, or Nengone -- Lifu -- Niue, or Savage Island -- Recent missionary voyage, Savage Island and the southern group of the New Hebrides -- The voyage continues, the northern group of the New Hebrides, and the Loyalty Islands -- The Samoan Mission, its past and present -- Concluding remarks -- Appendix. Missionary voyages to Western Polynesia
Notes
"The following work owes its origins to a series of papers on missions in Western Polynesia, which the writer published in the Sydney Morning Herald about nine years ago." - Preface