The Fiji of to-Day (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Fiji of to-DayThe late Sir John B. Thurston, K.C.M.G., during his term as governor of the Colony of Fiji, made the following sagacious remark: 'The dangers of the Christian missions in these islands are now past: their difficulties are yet to come.' Time has proved that those words were a prophecy.This volume makes no pretence of recounting, save in the most hasty and casual manner, the dangers of the past. Abler pens have already written that graphic story. Its avowed object is to set forth some of the difficulties of the present, and thus prepare the way in some measure for their solution.The Fiji of Yesterday is rapidly becoming history. Its dark deeds are gradually being forgotten. That horrible stain of human blood is gone from the earth, and the grass is green again - nay, greener. In the Fiji of To-day new conditions of life have arisen, and these have given birth to new problems and difficulties. Their immediacy and seriousness are the chief reasons for the appearance of this book.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.