History in Small

Portions

ivo more small “readers” in the ito series have been published by gmans in association with the th Pacific Commission Literature eau. These are designed for natives the South Pacific who are literate ;imple English, however, they are illy suitable for European children he lower grades of primary schools, ae of the stories is about the phos te island of Nauru; and the other it Nabetari, a Gilbertese who was king on Ocean Island at the time the Japanese invasion. He later e a fantastic, 1,500 mile, seven iths journey from Ocean Is. to the Igo Group in the NW of the New tiea Territory. Each of the book is priced at 2/-. mewhat more advanced, twice the and twice the price (that is, 4/-) in Oxford University Press booklet tie Australian Explorers series. This covers the discoveries of Abel Tas i, particularly as they relate to tralasia, but covering also some ific wanderings.