BY EDWARD JOHN EYRE,
RESIDENT MAGISTRATE, MURRAY RIVER, NOW LIEUT.-GOVERNOR OF NEW ZEALAND.
*** _The Founder's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society was awarded
to Mr. Eyre for the discovery of Lake Torrens, and explorations of far
greater extent in Australia than any other traveller, a large portion
never having been previously traversed by civilized man._
"His narrative of what he did and overcame, is more like the stirring
stories of Park and Bruce than the tame and bookish diffuseness of
modern travellers. Nothing short of a perusal of the volumes can enable
our readers to appreciate this book."--_Spectator._
"We might easily extract much more from Mr. Eyre's volumes of interest
to the reader, but our limits circumscribe us. We therefore bid farewell
to them, with the recommendation to the public, not to overlook a work
which, though it records the failure of a great enterprize, is yet full
of matter, which proclaims it of value."--_Atlas._
"Mr. Eyre writes with the plain unaffected earnestness of the best of
the old travellers."--_Examiner._
"An intensely interesting book."--_Tablet._
"We must now close these interesting volumes, not, however, without
expressing our high approval both of the matter they contain, and of the
manner of their compilation. We rise from the perusal of them with a
feeling similar to that which follows the enjoyment of a pleasant work
of fiction."--_Critic._
In 1 vol. 8vo. cloth, with large Map by Arrowsmith, and numerous
Illustrations,
SOUTH AUSTRALIA AND ITS MINES,
_With an Historical Sketch of the Colony, under its several
Administrations, to the Period of Captain Grey's Departure_.
BY FRANCIS DUTTON.
"The best work which has yet issued from the press, descriptive of the
resources and management of this thriving colony."--_Mining Journal._
"We have here a well-timed book. South Australia and Its Mines are now
objects of great interest; and Mr. Dutton's plain, unadorned recital,
contains just what the intending emigrant, or the mercantile inquirer,
will rejoice at having placed within his reach."--_Colonial Gazette._
COLONIZATION;
PARTICULARLY IN SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA,
WITH SOME REMARKS ON SMALL FARMS AND OVER POPULATION.
BY MAJOR-GENERAL SIR CHARLES JAMES NAPIER, K.C.B.
Author of "The Colonies; particularly the Ionian Islands"
In 1 vol. 8vo. price 7_s._ boards.
"We earnestly recommend the book to all who feel an interest in the
welfare of the people."--_Sun._
_In 1 vol. post 8vo. price 5s. 6d._
HINTS FOR AUSTRALIAN EMIGRANTS,
WITH
ENGRAVINGS AND EXPLANATORY DESCRIPTIONS
OF THE WATER RAISING WHEELS,
AND MODES OF IRRIGATING LAND IN SYRIA, EGYPT, SOUTH AMERICA, ETC.
BY PETER CUNNINGHAM,
SURGEON, R.N.
_Author of "Two Years in New South Wales," &c._
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