Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific records the experiences of Felix Speiser, a Swiss ethnographer who spent two years among the islands of the New Hebrides and surrounding regions in the early twentieth century. The book describes the customs, beliefs, social organisation, and daily life of the Melanesian peoples he studied.
Speiser combines field observation with reflection on the cultures he encountered, recording rituals, material culture, and the impact of European contact. Written in the period when scientific anthropology was taking shape, the work reflects both genuine ethnographic interest and the assumptions of its time. As a first-hand account of island societies before extensive outside change, it remains a valuable source for the study of Melanesian peoples and the early history of Pacific ethnography.