Notebooks and pamphlets on the South Seas, particularly Tonga, nd
Various sizes. Bound
Manuscript items 1-9, printed items 10-12
Presented from the estate of the late William Buller Fagg, CMG
/1 [History of events concerning the Friendly Islands and nearby Pacific Islands], 1527-1899. Text on odd numbered pp. 1-3, 7, 11-37, 41-5, 49-63, 67-95, 99-107, 111-27, 137-9, and even numbered pp. 138-42 only. All other pages are blank. 25.5 x 20 cm. Marbled boards
/1 List of Cook’s visits to the Friendly Islands. 1 p. 25.5 x 20 cm. Attached to inside front cover
/2 Account of a disaster in which 2 islands of the Tongan group disappeared. 2 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm. Attached by a pocket to inside back cover
/2 [History of events concerning the Friendly Islands], 1643-1807. Text pp. 1-3, 5, 7, 9, 11-13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23. All other pages are blank. 21 x 16.5 cm. Marbled boards
/3 Historical and ethnological notes from the Samoan reporter, Nos. 1-23, O.S. and No. 1, N.S. (no. 15 excepted), Mar. 1845 to Feb. 1870. Notes from a file lent to me by the Rev. S. Ella, of Sydney formerly of Samoa, Sep. 1898. Text pp. 1, 3-23, 25-35, 53, 55-62. All other pages are blank. 20.5 x 16 cm. Marbled boards
/4 South Sea notes from various souces made at divers times and sundry places on miscellaneous subjects. Text pp. 1, 3-5, 7, 9, 11-13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31-82, 84, 86, 88. All other pages are blank. 21 x 16.5 cm. Marbled boards
/5 A grammar of the Tongan language translated from the Dictionnaire Toga-Français and Français-Toga-Anglais, by Craig Maginnis. Text on pp. 3-21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61. All other pages are blank. 23 x 18 cm. Marbled boards
/6 Lecture on everyday life in the South Sea Islands given to the boys of Rochester School, 19 Feb. 1909. Text on pp. 2-3, then odd numbered pages 5-45, then pp. 46-58, followed by even numbered pp. 60-96. 22.5 x 18 cm. Red cloth boards
/7 Lecture on the Friendly Islands given before the Rochester Naturalists Society, 20 Feb. 1909. Text on odd numbered pp. 1-93, and even numbered pp. 2, 8, 24, 26, 56, 64, 66, 76, 78, 84. All other pages are blank. 22.5 x 18 cm. Blue cloth boards
/8 Every-day life in a South Sea Island, originally written Sep. 1909, rewritten Oct. 1913. Text on all odd numbered pp. 1-99, and even numbered p. 2, 28, 30, 36, 62, 80, 84. 22.5 x 18 cm. Green cloth boards
/9 ‘Far away in the South Pacific, more than two months journey by steamship from England lies the island of Tongatabu’: [a lecture]. Text on odd numbered pp. 1-97, even numbered pp. 24, 40, 64, 72, 80-96. 21 x 16 cm. Marbled boards
/1 List of pictures for Mr Maginnis’ lecture. 2 pp. 18 x 11 cm. Enclosed in a sleeve attached to back cover
/10/1 Samoa, etc., by Rev. S. Ella. 28 pp. Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, Hobart, Tasmania, 8 Jan. 1892. Proceedings of sections. Section G., anthropology. Manuscript dedication to Craig Maginnis from the author. 23 x 15 cm. Bound with MS 391/10/2
/2 The ancient Samoan government, by Rev. S. Ella. 8 pp. Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, Brisbane, 1895. Manuscript dedication to Craig Maginnis from the Author. 23 x 15 cm. Bound with MS 391/10/1
/11/1 The Aborigines of New South Wales, by John Fraser. Sydney, Charles Potter, 1892. [iv], 102 pp., frontis. (map), plates, tables. Published by the authority of the New South Wales Commissioners for the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. Bound with MS 391/11/2
/2 Notes on the Aborigines of New South Wales: with personal reminiscences of the tribes formerly living in the neighbourhood of Sydney and the surrounding districts, by the Hon. Richard Hill and the Hon. George Thornton. 8 pp. Sydney, Charles Potter, 1892. Published by authority of the New South Wales Commissioners for the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. Bound with MS 391/11/1
/12 Kava drinking as practiced by the Papuans and Polynesians, by Walter Hough. Smithsonian miscellaneous collections 47:1472,1904, pp. 85-92, plate
