| Mr. and Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson on the bridge of the Janet Nichol | Frontispiece |
| | FACING PAGE |
| Map to illustrate the cruise of the Janet Nichol, April 11th-July 25th, 1890 | 1 |
| Outside of the great dance-house, Butaritari, during the competition between the dancers of Butaritari and those of Little Makin | 2 |
| Maka and Mary Maka, Kanoa and Mrs. Maria Kanoa, Hawaiian missionaries of the American Board of Missions, Honolulu, on the Island of Butaritari, one of the Gilbert Islands | 4 |
| Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson in company with Nan Tok and Natakanti on Butaritari Island | 6 |
| The Janet Nichol with ship's company | 20 |
| The King of Manihiki in the centre, with the island judge on his right and Tin Jack, seated, on his left | 40 |
| Natives dancing | 48 |
| Penrhyn Island | 52 |
| Figurehead from a wrecked ship on the veranda of the white trader's house, Penrhyn Island | 56 |
| The Janet Nichol at anchor off Penrhyn Island | 64 |
| View of deserted buildings on Suwarrow Island. The man seated in the centre is Tin Jack | 74 |
| The settlement on Nassau Island | 78 |
| Missionary from a civilized island, and some of her converts | 80 |
| Native boys setting sail on S. S. Janet Nichol | 96 |
| Tom Day—a trader of Noukanau Island | 120 |
| "Equator Town," showing corner of the sleeping-house, and cook-house | 128 |
| "The Baron and Baroness," Butaritari, one of the Gilbert Islands | 132 |
| Interior of the moniop of Tembinoka's harem | 136 |
| A Marshall Island canoe | 140 |
| Speak House, Island of Maraki | 144 |
| White trader and his wife "Topsy," Majuro Island | 152 |
| Kaibuke—one of the kings of Majuro | 158 |
| Harem and little son of King Tembinoka on board the Janet Nichol passing from Aranuka to Apemama | 162 |
| Dance at Apemama | 166 |
