Pearls of the Pacific: Samoa and Other Islands of the South Seas

Victor Arnold Barradale wrote two books that drew on his three years of missionary service in Samoa. Both had very similar titles. This is the earlier and more heavily illustrated of the two. My thanks to Redcliffe College for making a copy of this public domain title available for digitisation.

Victor Arthur Barradale [1874-1947], Pearls of the Pacific. Being Sketches of Missionary Life and Work in Samoa and other Islands in the South Seas. London: London Missionary Society, 1907. Hbk. pp.192. [Click to the Victor Barradale page where you will find the download links to his books]

Contents

• Preface

1. Samoa and Other Pearls
2. The First Missionary Ships
3. More Missionary Ships
4. Samoa: As it Was
5. Hoisting the Flag
6. People, Houses and Food
7. Play
8. Climate, Clothing, Animals and Insects
9. Seasons and Souls
10. Trades and Employments
11. Samoa: As it is—Home Life and Industries
12. School Life
13. The Malua Institution
14. Churches
15. Sunday Schools
16. The Foreign Mission Work of the South Seas Churches
17. More Foreign Missionary Work