Notes and papers on the South Seas, particularly Tonga, nd

Various papers. Various sizes

Manuscript items 2-46, mimeographed item 1

From the signatures on diverse papers, it appears that the author signed his work under the name of both Maginnis and Nelson

Presented from the estate of the late William Buller Fagg, CMG

/1 Blackbirding, by Craig Nelson. 14 leaves. 27 x 21 cm

2/1 Gafi: a hunchback, by Craig Maginnis. 9 leaves. 26 x 20 cm

/2 Gafi: a hunchback, by Craig Maginnis. 7 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/3 ‘This is a story of the past; of the time when the “Pacific Order in Council” was not yet thought of’ 13 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/4/1 Pugalatoa and Munimatavahae: a legend of Tongatabu. 13 leaves. 22 x 18 cm

/2 Pugalatoa & Munimatamahae. 6 pp., illus. 26 x 20.5 cm

/5/1 ‘The great tragedy of John Dalton’s life befell him on his first voyage after his marriage’ 16 leaves. 22 x 18 cm

/2 ‘It was on John Dalton’s first voyage since his marriage that the great tragedy of his life occurred’ 32 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/6/1 A case of amnesia: Sir Algernon Pepler, by Craig Nelson, Craig Maginnis. 20 leaves. 22 x 18 cm

/2 ‘Sir Algernon Pepler was not popular in this country’ by Craig Nelson, Craig Maginnis. 22 leaves. 22 x 18 cm

/7 Koe Tagio o Iiaoji Tukuaho. [17 leaves]. 26 x 20.5 cm; Ana Ieine Makki Toga, 4 leaves; Mele Busiaki, 3 leaves; Fakana, 2 leaves; Tugi, 7 leaves

/8/1 Kava: ‘although every writer on South Seas subjects’ 16 leaves. 22 x 18 cm

/2 Fai-Kava: ‘although every visitor to the South Seas who has given to the world’ by Craig Maginnis. 9 leaves. 26 x 20 cm

/3 Fai Kava: ‘Kava, “the nectar of the South Pacific” by Craig Maginnis. 12 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/4 Fai Kava: ‘What beer is to the Englishman’ 8 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/9 ‘The story of the man who drifted to the Islands, married a native’ 3 leaves. 18 x 22 cm

/10 ‘In the preface to one of his prose works’: [lecture delivered to a Society concerning the late Reverend Doctor Shirley Waldemar Baker]. 18 leaves. 23 x 18 cm

/11 ‘I am afraid that we all have just ground for complaint against Mr Tarrant’: [lecture delivered to the Social Union concerning the scenery and life of the Pacific Islands and daily life of the Polynesians, accompanied by lantern slides]. 25 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/12 ‘From private letters, dated in Togatapu in Oct., it would appear that the domestic affairs of England’s latest acquisition in the South Pacific’ by Craig Maginnis. 5 leaves. 20.5 x 26 cm

/13 ‘Missionaries are not all Exeter Hall would have us believe’ by Craig Maginnis. 3 leaves. 26 x 21 cm

/14 The volcano Kilanea in Hawaii. 7 pp. 25.5 x 20.5 cm

/15/1 The voyage of Kae. 4 pp., illus. 26 x 20.5 cm

/2 The voyage of Kae. 9 leaves. 22 x 18 cm

/16 Lafa. 1 leaf illus. 26 x 20.5 cm

/17 Story of Pasikole. 2 pp., illus. 26 x 20.5 cm

/18 Jealousy: (Koe Fuaa). 2 pp., illus. 26 x 20.5 cm

/19 Apa Koula: the old woman. 2 pp., illus. 26 x 20.5 cm

/20 Koe Gaahi: Talata tobua o out Toga. A. [Items 1-3]

/1 ‘Koe Tupuaga o Mamani mo hono kakai’ 6 leaves, numbered 1. 26 x 20.5 cm

/2 ‘Nae ikai fusi a Kao mo Tofu’ 6 leaves, numbered 2. 26 x 20.5 cm

/3 ‘Pea koe fua Tuitoga I lalonia Ahoritu’ 7 leaves, numbered 3. 26 x 20.5 cm

/21 ‘Pea nau hetta o folau, pea nau folau’. B-C. [Story No. 1], A. 15 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/22 Koe lohi eni kike tupuaga oe Tevolo mo hono uhiga. D. Story No. 2, B. 7 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/23 Koe Talauva eni oe fua fakahupu o Eva. E. Story No. 3. C. 8 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/24 Talamoa Ki Ata. F. Story No. 4. D. 2 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/25 Talauva Kihe Vaka nae alu Ki Pulotu. G. Story No. 5. E. 17 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/26 Pugalotohoa mo Muni mata mahae. Story No. 7. G. 20 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/27 Tupuaga oe fua Tuikanokupolu. Story No. 8. H. 9 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/28 Talanoa kihe gaahi Tuikanokupolu, nae fai e sakalia Fusiuliuli, koe fa galaihe faahiga o Falekaono. Story No. 9. I. 3 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/29 Koe tupuaga o Luani mo Falekaono – Koe talanoa a Fusiuliuli I Mafaga. Story No. 10. J. 3 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/30 Tupuaga ue kau Fakafanua, Koe talanoa a Fotofili Fallafanua. Story No. 11. K. 2 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/31 Kue Foie motua, ko Apakula Talanoa a Touli. Story No. 12. L. 5 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/32 Ko Lafa, Talanoa a Moomea. Story No. 13. M. 2 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/33 Talanoa Kihe aga o Toga. [Story] No. 14. N. 10 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/34 Second story of Lomano Tuapau (ofa pau?). [Story] No. 15. O. 14 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/35 Ko Pasikole. M.M. [Story] No. 16. P. 3 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/36 Koe Fuaa M.M. [Story] No. 17. Q. 3 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/37 Koe Folua a Kae M.M. [Story] No. 18. R. 5 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/38 Anachronistic monarcy: a study in paradoxes. 4 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/39 Black to move & mate: ‘Bartram was not a master of the art of chess’ 7 pp. 26 x 20.5 cm

/40 ‘Niuafoou, “the land of the young cocoanuts”’ 3 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/41 ‘Sport in the Friendly group rather resembles the snakes in Iceland’ 3 pp. 26 x 20.5 cm

/42/1 Some Tongan antiquities. 3 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/2 ‘Scattered throughout the groups of the Friendly Islands are numerous colossal mausoleums’ 2 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/3 The tomb of a king [and] a prehistoric trilithon. 3 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/43 ‘Far away in the South Pacific’: [lecture on Tongatabu]. 7 leaves. 22 x 18 cm

/44 The decay of the chanty. 6 leaves. 22 x 18 cm

/45 Ae Kokoaga: a South Sea Sewing Circle, by Craig Maginnis. 9 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm

/46 The all-round sailor-man: [a short story]. 12 leaves. 22 x 18 cm