Missions

The Wesleyan Missions. Three printed pamphlets in the series 'Papers relative to the Wesleyan Missions and the State of Heathen Countries.' All illustrated two with illustrations hand-coloured.

réf. 26123 — ONE: No. LXXII June 1838. TWO: No. CXV March 1849. THREE: No. CXXXVII September 1854. All three printed by James Nichols 46 Hoxton Square London. See W. Moister ‘A History of Wesleyan Missions in all Parts of the World’ 1871. Each item 4pp 12mo bifolium. All three with engraved illustration on first page which has a drophead title. The three are worn and discoloured with loss of text in caption in Item One see below and the first two items with cover illustrations crudely hand-coloured. ONE: No. LXXII June 1838. Mostly consisting of ‘An appeal to the sympathy of the Christian public on behalf of the cannibal Fejeeans’. Apart from the title the whole of the front page carries an illustration captioned ‘The perilous circumstances of Captain Dillon and his companions .’ rest of caption worn away. ‘The print on the first page represents a massacre at the Fejee Islands in 1813 and the dreadful situation Captain Dillon and his two companions who escaped with great difficulty while fourteen of his party were killed and eaten by the Fejeeans!’ TWO: No. CXV March 1849. Cover engraving by ‘Adeney’ of the ‘Wesleyan Academy Mount-Allison Sackville New-Brunswick North America.’ Pamphlet devoted to ‘This Institution which owes its origin to the Christian liberality of Charles F. Allison Esq. who deisgned it as a Centenary Offering’. THREE: No. CXXXVII September 1854. Cover engraving by E. Whimper of ‘The “Gnauna Vinaka” passing the Island of Tavea. Mountains of Vanua in the Distance.’ Pamphlet devoted to ‘Fejeean’ matters. ONE: No. LXXII, June 1838. TWO: No. CXV, March 1849. THREE: No. CXXXVII, September 1854. All three printed by James Nichols, 46 unknown