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New Zealand Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1900, 17 February 1870, Page 2

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WHAT THE STATE CAN'T DO, THE STAGE CAN. I*7" ANTED, immediately, One Hundred V » MEN for the grand production of AFTER DARK. 2s. 6d. nightly and perquisites.—Apply to J. Tj. HALL, Esq., liox Office, 12 o'clock sharp. IN THE PRESS—TO BE PUBLISHED EARLY IN MARCH. IN CROWN QUARTO, A CENTENARY EDITION OF CAPT. COOK'S DESCEIPTION OF NEW ZEAL AN D, 100 THAHS AGO ; Witli Notes Anecdotes, Heiuinisccnces, &c., on tho History, Topography, Natural History, and Ethnology, to illustrate Cook's Nai'rative. Maps and Views showing the progress of the Discovery of New Zealand and the changes that have taken place in the country. EDITED BY MAJOR CHAS. HEAPHY, V.C. JAMES COOK, the celebrated navigator, was the first European who set foot on New Zealand ; he landed on the cast side of Turanganui River, in I'overfy Bay, Bth October, 1769 ; thcnce he sailed along tho East Coast, across tho Buy of Plpnty, round Cape Colville, up the Gulf and River Thames; then north, round North Cape, along the West Coast, through Cook Strait, to Queen Charlotte's Sourd. He then sailed through the Strait, along the East Coast of the Middle Island, round the South Cape, and returned along the We9t Coast to Queen Charlotte's Sound again. Captain Cook left New Zealand on 31st March, 1770, having spent six months on the coast; but although he re-visited the teeka AixsTßAirs incoonita four times, it was only during the first visit that he sailed all round and described the country —its inhabitants and productions. It is noiv one hundred years since Captain Cook landed and took possession of these Islands, yet not one of the many elaborate and voluminous accounts of 'he country and its inhabitants that have been published can be compared to that which he wrote ; in fact the best subsequent works are but supplementary to his simple yet compendious and accurate description. The forthcoming publication has been com-, piled from the earliest edition of "Cook's Voyages,"—the narrative being transcribed verbatim—explained and amplified by notes and appendixes, bringing to bear the observations and experiences of the principal writers and travellers of more recent times. Such an account of the changes in thecountry, physically and politically, that have taken placc during the past century cannot fail to bo most interesting to the lovers of science and history, and it is hoped may also assist in recording the customs of a race that is fast diminishing, and which has already lost many of. its peculiar characteristics. The several places of which Cook gave illustrations will be sliowp by photographs or d'awings. Tho"work, which is into ded to form a first-class gift book, will be edited, illustrated, printed, and bound in Auckland. Price, to subscribers before publication, 10s. 6d. Non-subscribers, 15s.

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