Travel letters from New Zealand, Australia and Africa
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"Travel letters from New Zealand, Australia and Africa" by E. W. Howe is a collection of travel letters written in the early 20th century. It follows a wry Midwestern editor on an around-the-world journey, recording shipboard life and vivid stops in Polynesia and Australasia, with sharp, humorous observations on people, politics, labor, prices, and place. Expect brisk diary entries, portraits of fellow travelers and local officials, and candid impressions of colonial cities, native customs, and everyday details rather than grand monuments.
The opening of the collection finds the narrator at sea on the Sonoma bound for Sydney, noting Christmas and New Year celebrations, the equator “Neptune” rite, and the personalities of Captain Trask and an eclectic passenger list, then pausing at Pago Pago for a close look at American Samoa’s governance, missionaries, copra trade, and native life. He reaches Sydney, admires its harbor, samples city amusements, and comments tartly on dialect, prices,
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