author
A. (Arthur) Brittain
1858–1918
A late 19th-century missionary writer, he is remembered for a vivid firsthand journal of life in the New Hebrides, now Vanuatu. His work offers a close-up view of travel, faith, and cross-cultural encounters in the South Pacific.
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Journal of Residence in the New Hebrides, S.W. Pacific Ocean
by C. (Charles) Bice, A. (Arthur) Brittain
About the author
Arthur Brittain was an English writer and missionary born in 1858 and died in 1918. He is chiefly known as the co-author, with C. Bice, of Journal of Residence in the New Hebrides, S.W. Pacific Ocean, a record of their experiences in the islands during 1886.
That journal survives as Brittain's best-known work and is valued today as a firsthand account of missionary life in the South Pacific. It describes travel in the New Hebrides and the authors' observations of the people and places they encountered, giving modern readers a window into a particular moment in 19th-century colonial and religious history.
Little easily confirmed biographical detail appears to survive online beyond his dates and his connection to this book, so his published journal remains the clearest introduction to his life and work.