LIFE IN HAWAII

AN AUTOBIOGRAPHIC SKETCH OF MISSION LIFE AND LABORS (1835-1881)

BY THE REV. TITUS COAN

NEW YORK ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY 900 BROADWAY, COR. 20th ST.

COPYRIGHT, 1882, BY ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY.

NEW YORK: EDWARD O. JENKINS, ROBERT RUTTER, _Printer and Stereotyper_, _Binder_, 20 North William St. 116 and 118 East 14th Street.

NOTE

The task of reading the proofs of the following sketches has fallen to one whose recollections include more than a few of the scenes and events described. It seems to him that this record of mission life and labors will appeal to all those who have followed the wonderful changes wrought in Hawaii during a life time, from the period of “the great awakening” until now. The accounts of visits to the Marquesas Islands have their own independent interest. Still more, the greatest volcano in the world is in Mr. Coan’s parish, and other readers will turn to the chapters on its eruptions for vivid and faithful descriptions of the most imposing volcanic phenomena on record.

T. M. C.