The Book The Queen Gave Us When the Queen and Prince Philip left New Zealand at the end of their recent visit, they made a personal gift to the people of New Zealand to commemorate the occasion. It consisted of a very beautiful and famous book of 60 coloured prints, ‘The New Zealanders Illustrated’ by George French Angas, published in 1847. There are some other copies of this book in New Zealand, but it is now very rare. The Queen's copy, which is from her own library, is a particularly fine one. This precious book is being kept at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington, where anyone who wishes to do so may see it. The New Zealanders mentioned in the title of Angas' book are of course the Maori people; in those days, and for long afterwards, when people spoke of New Zealanders they were referring to the original owners of the country. When Angas visited New Zealand in 1844, travelling through many parts of the North Island, the Maori people still retained most of their old traditions, even though, as he saw these were changing so fast. Angas recorded their way of life with great sensitivity and