‘This is one of the best Pictures of Australian manners and customs which has ever been exhibited to the English Public. Not only the scenery and pursuits of the natives and settlers are sketched by a facile and powerful pen, but the political life of one province of our most important Colony is brought before us with a vividness which could scarcely be excelled. It is not easy to tell our readers any portion of this capital story without letting them into the secret of the whole. They must take our word for it that “Policy and Passion” is a book which ought not to be left unread.’--STANDARD. RICHARD BENTLEY & SON, New Burlington Street, Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen.