NEW BOOKS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13636, 15 April 1908, Page 3

NEW BOOKS.

THE EXPLORERS OF AUSTRALIA.

Thore is no country richer in the romance of exploration than Australia." and no form of literature has such potent charms as tho story of the lives of those heroes who ■s» forth' with their lives in their hands, to .brave' the 'dangers of the. nntrackod wilderness. Tho work of tlio explorers of Australia was the first step in tho splendid and triumphant march of civilisation, across a whole continent within the compass of a few docados. It; has undeniable claims on the admiration of ajl whoso homos are founded in the dominions 'which 'owe their being to the explorers' foresight, courage, perseverance, and keen scientific spirit. Hitherto there has boon no authoritative account, in handy form, to which tho genei'al read'or could turn in order' to acquire dotajlcd knowledge, of the achievements of the continental explorers. But thife defect has now boon remedied by Messrs Whitoombo and Tombs, Limit-