"The whole narrative is so captivating, that we expect to find the work as much in demand at circulating libraries as at institutions of graver pretensions."--_Colon. Gaz._ "We have to thank Capt. Stokes for a most valuable work, one that will place his name by the side of Vancouver, Tasman, Dampier, and Cook."--_New Quar. Review._ "The science of Navigation owes a deep debt to Captain Stokes. The information contained in the present volumes must render them an invaluable companion to any ship performing a voyage to that part of the world."--_Foreign Quarterly Review._ "Every part of it is full of matter, both for the general and scientific reader. With the acts of throwing the lead, taking angles, &c. lively anecdotes and pleasing ideas are constantly associated, so that we very much doubt whether any reader will lay aside the book, large as it is, without regret. In some parts you have all the breathless excitement of a voyage of discovery, and sail up new rivers, and explore new lands, while elsewhere your thoughts are directed to the tracks of commerce and political speculation. Altogether the work is a charming specimen of nautical literature, written in a pure, flexible, terse, and elegant style, and bespeaks everywhere in the author a mind endued with very high moral and intellectual qualities."--_Fraser's Mag._ "While these volumes must prove of great value to the maritime profession, to the geographer, and to emigrants, they cannot fail to be perused with interest by readers in general."--_Athenæum._ "We cannot, in noticing these two ably written and interesting volumes, insist too strongly upon their importance alike to the mariner, the geographer, and the general reader. The author is a man of considerable merit, a shrewd observer of men and things, and who was fitted by nature and inclination to conduct these researches into the vast unknown continent whither he proceeded with enterprise and spirit. These volumes contain a fund of interesting matter, and we warmly recommend this valuable addition to our literary and scientific stores to the attention of the public."--_Sentinel._ "The contents of these volumes, rich, varied and full of interest, will be their best recommendation. For scientific accuracy, they will be highly valued by the geographer and navigator, while they will be read for mere amusement by the public at large."--_Sunday Times._ THE EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO. _By Permission of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty._ Now ready, in 2 vols. 8vo. with numerous Maps, Plates, and Woodcuts, NARRATIVE OF THE SURVEYING VOYAGE OF H.M.S. FLY, UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN BLACKWOOD, R. N. IN TORRES STRAIT, NEW GUINEA, AND OTHER ISLANDS IN THE EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO; TOGETHER WITH AN EXCURSION INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE ISLAND OF JAVA, DURING THE YEARS 1842 TO 1846. BY J. BEETE JUKES, M. A. NATURALIST TO THE EXPEDITION.