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- Sir Stamford Raffles and the Spice Islands
(Chambers Miscellany, 1845)
- Toussaint L'Ouverture and the Republic of Hayti
(Chambers Miscellany, 1845)
- A history of Haiti, its conquests and rebellions.
- Polynesia, Marquesas, and Sandwich Islands
(Cassell's Family Paper, 1860)
- Gathering Edible Birdnests in Bagelea [Java]
(Illustrated London Almanack, 1865)
- Coral and the Coral Fishery
(Leisure Hour, 1868)
- Fishing for coral in the South Seas, Pacific Islands and Australia.
- The Queen and Natives of Tahiti
(Demorest, 1873)
- The Bahamas
(Harper's Monthly, 1874)
- East Indian Toys, by Alice Donlevy
(St. Nicholas, 1875)
- The two favorite playthings of East Indian children are the doll and the toy cow.
- The Wit and Wisdom of the Haytians, by John Bigelow
(Harper's Monthly, 1875B)
- Social Life in Java
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1881)
- The Colonies and Dependencies of Great Britain: Barbadoes & St. Lucia, by Emma Brewer
(Girl's Own Paper, 1883)
- Read the entire series.
- Frank Hatton in North Borneo, by Joseph Hatton
(Century Magazine, 1885B)
- [New Guinea] The Largest Island in the World
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1885)
- [Nassau, Bahamas] A Midwinter Resort, by William C. Church
(Century Magazine, 1887A)
- In New Guinea, by Hume Nesbit
(English Illustrated Magazine, 1890A)
- The Balolo Festival
(Pictorial Museum of Sport & Adventure, ca. 1890)
- "The Feast of Worms" in Fiji, celebrating the return of the balolo, a sea worm that is apparently quite a delicacy.
- [Easter Island] Some Mysteries of the Pacific
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1890)
- In a Cyclone
(Pictorial Museum of Sport & Adventure, ca. 1890)
- A cyclone at sea in the Polynesian Islands.
- The Marquesan Islanders
(Pictorial Museum of Sport & Adventure, ca. 1890)
- The Guest of a Cannibal King, by J.E. Muddock
(The Strand, 1891A)
- Despite the lurid title, this is an interesting account of a visit amongst a South Sea island tribe. Travel tip: Don't drink the dak-dak...
- Jamaica, by Gilbert Gaul
(Century Magazine, 1893A)
- Modern Pearl-Fishing, by H. Phelps Whitmarsh
(The Strand, 1896B)
- Deep-sea diving for pearls.
- Summer at Christmas-Tide [in Jamaica], by Julian Hawthorne
(Century Magazine, 1897A)
- The Terrible Upheaval in the Straits of Sunda, by E.J. Henry
(Century Magazine, 1898B)
- Sailing through a pumice-stone sea - the effects of the eruption of Krakatoa.
- Sponges, by Fred Westbury
(The Strand, 1900B)
- A look at the sponge-diving trade in various countries.
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