Yorkshire Post: “A brighter short history we do not know, and this book deserves for the matter and the manner of it to be as well known as Mr. McCarthy’s ‘History of Our Own Times.’”
The Scotsman: “This admirable work is a solid octavo of more than 400 pages. It is a thoughtful, well written, and well-arranged history. There are fourteen excellent maps to illustrate the text.”
HISTORY OF AUSTRALASIA.
From the Earliest Times to the Inauguration of the Commonwealth.
By ARTHUR W. JOSE, Author of “The Growth of the Empire.” The chapter on Federation revised by R. R. Garran, C.M.G.
With 6 maps and 64 portraits and illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth, 1s. 6d. (post free 1s. 10d.). For Cheaper Edition see Commonwealth Series, page 2.
The Book Lover: “The ignorance of the average Australian youth about the brief history of his native land is often deplorable.... ‘A Short History of Australasia,’ by Arthur W. Jose, just provides the thing wanted. Mr. Jose’s previous historical work was most favourably received in England, and this story of our land is capitally done. It is not too long, and it is brightly written. Its value is considerably enhanced by the useful maps and interesting illustrations. A very good book to give to a boy.”
Victorian Education Gazette: “The language is graphic and simple, and there is much evidence of careful work and acquaintance with original documents, which give the reader confidence in the accuracy of the details. The low price of the book leaves young Australia no excuse for remaining in ignorance of the history of their native land.”
Town and Country Journal: “His language is graphic and simple, and he has maintained the unity and continuity of the story of events despite the necessity of following the subject along the seven branches corresponding with the seven separate colonies.”
THE GEOLOGY OF SYDNEY AND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.
A Popular Introduction to the Study of Australian Geology.
By Rev. J. MILNE CURRAN, Lecturer in Chemistry and Geology, Technical College, Sydney.
Second Edition. With a Glossary of Scientific terms, a Reference List of commonly-occurring Fossils, 2 coloured maps, and 83 illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s. (post free, 6s. 6d.)
Nature: “This is, strictly speaking, an elementary manual of geology. The general plan of the work is good; the book is well printed and illustrated with maps, photographic pictures of rock structure and scenery, and figures of fossils and rock sections.”