Polynesian Dialects
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Mr. F. W. Stimson’s Dictionary Ready for Publication
From Our Own Correspondent
Papeete, Nov. 1.
AFTER a visit to his headquarters in Hawaii, Mr. Frank W. Stimson, Re search Associate in Polynesian Lin guistics attached to the staff of the Bishop Museum, Honolulu, has returned to Tahiti by the Maunganui.
It is understood that Mr. Stimson's comparative dictionary of the Polynesian dialects —a masterly work which will estab lish the author as the foremost authority on the subject—is almost ready for publica tion. Several other bulletins —the, results of a long sojourn in the Tuamotu Archi pelago —are also due to appear in the near future.
Mr. Stimson is now engaged upon the translation of ancient chants and legends of which he has a vast collection from the various islands of the south-eastern Tua motus. This work will keep him fully occupied for some months to come.
Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Younger, of the Solomon Islands, are spending a month’s holiday in Australia. Mr. Younger is a planter at Cape Marsh.