BOOKS FOR OLDER CHILDREN MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF MAORILAND, by A. W. Reed. Illustrated by George Woods and W. Dittmer. This book has become a minor classic, having appeared in many editions. It is recognised as the most readable collection of Maori folk tales to appear in print. Profusely illustrated. 15s. 0d. REEDS' CONCISE MAORI DICTIONARY. Invaluable to all those who are learning or are interested in the language. This little dictionary has proved very popular. It contains about 6000 Maori words and thier meanings, and has an English-Maori as well as a Maori-English section. Also contains a collection of proverbial sayings in Maori and English. 10s. 6d. HE KONAE ARONUI. Maori proverbs and sayings collected by R. T. Kohere. The text is given in both Maori and English, and there are explanatory notes. 7s. 6d. MAORI PLACE NAMES AND THEIR MEANINGS. The meanings of most of the Maori place names in New Zealand are set out in this popular little book, which is illustrated with about fifty sketches of Maori life, native birds and plants. 6s. 0d. TUWHARETOA, by John Grace. The author is a descendant of the famous Te Heuheu, and also of the pioneer missionary of Taupo, and is well qualified to undertake the arduous task of writing the history of his tribe, Ngati Tuwharetoa. The result will be a book which sands with “Tuhoe” and “Tainui” as a definitive tribal history—a 1958 publication. 30s. 0d. REVENGE, by John White. A novel about the Mount Eden tribe, and a book of considerable ethnological value. Only a few copies remain of this limited, numbered edition. 30s. 0d. MAORI CARVING ILLUSTRATED, by W. J. Phillipps. A profusely illustrated book which provides a simple pictorial introduction to a fascinating subject. 6s. 0d. THE IMPACT OF CHRISTIANITY ON THE MAORI PEOPLE, by A. W. Reed. Issued in a limited edition, this little book tells of the equipment of the early missionaries, and the effect of their teaching on the Maoris. 7s. 6d. THE MAORIS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, by the Rev. T. A. Pybus. A survey of the Maori occupation of the South Island up to the coming of the whalers, and the impact of the white race on the Maoris. 7s. 6d. THE MAORI AS AN ARTIST. An outstanding collection of lithographs of Maori art drawn by Dr. Renzo Padovan, a noted Italian scholar, who made a special study of the art of the Maoris while in New Zealand. This is a large book which must occupy an important place in the library of students of the Maori. 42s. 0d.