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Title: Hand-list of certain books and papers containing information relating more or less directly to the Maori of New Zealand.
Author: Hamilton, A. (Augustus)
Published: Dominion Museum, Wellington, N.Z., 1911
HAND = LIST OF CERTAIN BOOKS AND PARERS
CONTAINING
INFORMATION RELATING MORE OR LESS DIRECTLY
TO THE
MAORI OF NEW ZEALAND.
DOMINION MUSEUM,
WELLINGTON, MAY, 1911.
Printed by John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.
INTRODUCTION.
In the “ Transactions of the New Zealand Institute ” for 1900, vol. xxxiii, there was printed a list of papers on the Maori race which I prepared under a similar title in that year. In my introductory remarks I said, “ This collection of titles of papers and publications of one kind and another makes no pretence to be a bibliography of the subject. A proper and complete bibliography would be an undertaking far beyond the scope of this list. So far as I have been able during the preparation of ‘ Maori Art,’ I have noted down for reference the various articles which bear more or less directly on the subject, and at the close of the work it occurred to me that subsequent workers in the same field might deem it an advantage to have a referencelist of those authors who have contributed items of information, very often of considerable value, but which, perchance, lie buried in the dusty depths of the local ‘ Eatanswill Gazette.’ Some of these I have dug up and recorded in their place, and I have, as far as possible, gathered together the titles of the ethnological papers in the ‘ Transactions of the New Zealand Institute ’ and in other serial publications. It is in these Proceedings and Transactions of learned societies that we have to look for the work of many of the best workers in the field of ethnology. As a typical instance, we may take the case of the late Rev. W. Colenso, F.R.S., who, although he was a most voluminous writer on many subjects, never published any book on the Maori lore with which his mind was stored, all his Maori writings being scattered up and down in the pages of various Transactions and newspapers. . . . As a rule, I have excluded anything that might be called a ‘ book,’ as these are to be found in various library catalogues and bibliographies. I have included, however, some small local and private publications which might come under this heading, for various reasons which seemed to me sufficient. There are, besides the items listed, many interesting ‘ Notes and Queries,’ with their replies, in the volumes of the Polynesian Journal, and a number of articles in home magazines such as the Leisure Hour, All the Year Round, &c., which I have not read, but of which I have a list extracted from the volumes of Poole’s Index.” In the present list I have kept to the same ground, but I have included some of the more important works published recently. For a most useful bibliography of works printed in the Maori language the “ Bibliography of New Zealand Literature,” published in 1909 by the Government, should be consulted (pp. 500 547).
It is hoped that the list may be of use to those engaged in the study of the Maori race as a convenient means of reference.
A. HAMILTON,
Director
BOOKS AND PAPERS RELATING TO THE MAORI.
[NOTE.—“ Trans.” means the “ Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.”]
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APA: Hamilton, A. (Augustus). (1911). Hand-list of certain books and papers containing information relating more or less directly to the Māori of New Zealand. Dominion Museum.
Chicago: Hamilton, A. (Augustus). Hand-list of certain books and papers containing information relating more or less directly to the Māori of New Zealand. Wellington, N.Z.: Dominion Museum, 1911.
MLA: Hamilton, A. (Augustus). Hand-list of certain books and papers containing information relating more or less directly to the Māori of New Zealand. Dominion Museum, 1911.
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Hand-list of certain books and papers containing information relating more or less directly to the Māori of New Zealand Hamilton, A. (Augustus), Dominion Museum, Wellington, N.Z., 1911
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