Life in the Southern Isles; or, Scenes and Incidents in the South Pacific and New Guinea
London: Religious Tract Soc. 1876. Octavo, original halfleather boards, b&w frontis, vignette, folding map, map, b&w plates, text illus, faded marbling to page edges, pp 360. N.d., c. 1876. Very rubbed to edges, contemporary library plate, previous owner's plate, good condn.
The missionary William Wyatt Gill (1828-1896) worked mainly in the Cook Islands from 1852 to 1872. A long section of the book (pp 198-270) also describes a visit to New Guinea. Numerous illustrations. Item #93173
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