ILLUSTRATIONS
| [Mr. and Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson] on the bridge of the Janet Nichol | Frontispiece |
| FACING PAGE | |
| [Map] to illustrate the cruise of the Janet Nichol, April 11th-July 25th, 1890 | 1 |
| [Outside of the great dance-house,] Butaritari, during the competition between the dancers of Butaritari and those of Little Makin | 2 |
| [Maka and Mary Maka, Kanoa and Mrs. Maria Kanoa,] Hawaiian missionaries of the American Board of Missions, Honolulu, on the Island of Butaritari, one of the Gilbert Islands | 4 |
| [Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson] in company with Nan Tok and Natakanti on Butaritari Island | 6 |
| [The Janet Nichol with ship's company] | 20 |
| [The King of Manihiki] in the centre, with the island judge on his right and Tin Jack, seated, on his left | 40 |
| [Natives dancing] | 48 |
| [Penrhyn Island] | 52 |
| [Figurehead from a wrecked ship] on the veranda of the white trader's house, Penrhyn Island | 56 |
| [The Janet Nichol] at anchor off Penrhyn Island | 64 |
| [View of deserted buildings on Suwarrow Island.] The man seated in the centre is Tin Jack | 74 |
| [The settlement on Nassau Island] | 78 |
| [Missionary from a civilized island,] and some of her converts | 80 |
| [Native boys setting sail on S. S. Janet Nichol] | 96 |
| [Tom Day—a trader of Noukanau Island] | 120 |
| ["Equator Town,"] showing corner of the sleeping-house, and cook-house | 128 |
| ["The Baron and Baroness," Butaritari,] one of the Gilbert Islands | 132 |
| [Interior of the moniop of Tembinoka's harem] | 136 |
| [A Marshall Island canoe] | 140 |
| [Speak House, Island of Maraki] | 144 |
| [White trader and his wife "Topsy," Majuro Island] | 152 |
| [Kaibuke—one of the kings of Majuro] | 158 |
| [Harem and little son of King Tembinoka] on board the Janet Nichol passing from Aranuka to Apemama | 162 |
| [Dance at Apemama] | 166 |