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ESSAYS
ON THE DEPOPULATION
OF MELANESIA

 

EDITED BY

 

W. H. R. RIVERS, M.D., F.R.S.
FELLOW OF ST JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

WITH A PREFACE BY

SIR EVERARD IM THURN, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., C.B.

 

 

 

CAMBRIDGE

AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS

1922

    


Preface. By Everard Im Thurn.

I. Introduction.

II. The Depopulation of Melanesia. By the Rev. W. J. Durrad.

III. Decadence and Preservation in the New Hebrides. By Dr. Felix Speiser.

IV. Depopulation in the Solomon Islands. By the Rev. A. I. Hopkins, Melanesian Mission.

V. The Depopulation of Santa Cruz and the Reef Islands. By the Rev. W. C. O'Ferrall.

VI. The Solomon Islands. By C.M. Woodford, late Resident Commissioner.

VII. Disease and Its Treatment. By Sir William Macgregor.

VIII. The Psychological Factor. By W. H. R. Rivers.


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