A GUIDE TO THE HOT LAKES.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9, 4 March 1905, Page 23

A GUIDE TO THE HOT LAKES.

Quite one of the most interesting anti complete books on the Hoc Lakes District is ‘'Maggie’s Guide to the Hut Lakes/* which is just out. The publishers in the course of a preface interestingly sketch the object and scope of the work. “Maggie Papakura is probably the best-known of present-day guides in the Rotorua district,” says the publisher’s note, and continues: “The visitor and tourist will in most cases have at least heard her name before the train deposits him or her in Rotorua, in the midst of the Wonderland region. Although Maggie practically coniines herself to the varied end interesting sights of the Maori settlement and Government reserve at Whakarewarcwa. her knowledge of the whole district is varied and intimate. The book that this serves to introduce has been written entirely by herself, and is presented without embellishment. That it. will be carried to far coiners of the globe and treasured by many who will look back with pleasure to happy days spent in the thermal district we are confident. Besides its directness in thought and expression, this little volume will find a strong recommendation with many in the occasional glimpses it affords of Maori life and legend. The numerous photographs with which the text is illustrated were largely specially taken for this public*lion, and their artistic excellence further enhances what in Itself is a notable addition to the literature on the Hot laikes District.” Undoubtedly this little look must take an absolutely unique place among guide-books on account of its authdrship, while it deserve? a foremost position also because of the general excellence of its get-up and the beauty •t ita illuatratioua.