THE HISTORY OF DISCOVERY IN AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, AND NEW ZEALAND, FROM THE EARLIEST DATE TO THE PRESENT DAY. By William Howitt, Author of “Two Years in Victoria,” etc. etc. With Maps of the Recent Explorations, from Official Sources. In 2 Vols. 20s. London, Longman and Co. NOTICES OF THE PRESS. TIMES, DEC. 8, 1865. We welcome these volumes as giving a full account of the Enterprises by which Australia has been explored, and as calculated to enlarge our knowledge respecting this vast and important region. They are careful, accurate, and succinct epitomes of Australian discovery, and the results it has produced, and contain a great deal of valuable information. ATHENÆUM, MAY 6, 1865. Mr. Howitt’s volumes comprise the history of Tasmania and New Zealand as well as that of the Australian Continent. We recommend them to those who wish for a convenient book of reference on Australian discovery and exploration, or those who wish to know all that has been done towards our present acquaintance with New Holland and the adjacent islands. ILLUSTRATED NEWS. Mr. Howitt in this work does, as it seems to us, all the justice in his power to every gallant explorer; enlivens his history with many anecdotes, and has enriched his work with excellent maps. LONDON REVIEW, JULY 22, 1865. Mr. Howitt possesses a sort of family claim to write on the topics contained in his book. He has been in Australia; one of his sons, Alfred, commanded the expedition sent out in quest of Burke and Wills, whose remains he found and buried; and another, Charlton, was drowned in New Zealand while trying to make his way across the country from Canterbury to the Western Coast over the Southern Alps. The history of the exploration of the New Zealand group is briefly told, and well. BELL’S MESSENGER, JUNE 17, 1865.