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Review Of Literature.
entirely new scene of life , and ultimately attains the hig hest honours not , however , without a blot on his escutcheon . The time refers to the earlier times of the third George ; and many characters of the day are well drawn . The novel is superior to most of its class ; and if not hastily written , is at least finished without due reganl to connection in subject ; and , what is unusual to say in reviewing , a third volume is actually wanted , in justice to a very excellent subject—the Prelate himself should have had an entire volume . AVe suspect there was more intended than meets tiie eye .
New Zealand and the Inhabitants . W . J . Polack . Madden & Co . —Not even the " Celestial Empire " has attraction equal to the country of New Zealand in the eye ofthe thoughtful Englishman . The philosophy of Confucius , and the self-sufficiency of a " permitted " Supremacy may excite an enquiry into opium smuggling , and the result may enrich those whose lot cast upon the Eastern waters may enable them to obtain a goodly booty from a nation of countless myriads to whom even
the rumour of war hitherto has been a stranger . But New Zealand opens to the enterprise of English emigrants , with some capital , a means of profitable adventure , while its resources , when developed , will be found capable of the highest application . In the volumes before us , the author appears to have sustained considerable annoyance from the opposition of those with whom he differed , and he enters into such subject with some warmth . He does not remember
that similar instances are as common as blackberries , and we think he need not have troubled himself so much in the matter . As an extensive landed proprietor , he has had the opportunity of exploring the country , and making himself well acquainted with those positions that are most favourable for the settler . His observations are important , useful , and interesting ; and offer to those who are likely to examine the scene of their future destiny the most valuable information . The customs and
manners of the natives are pourtrayed with considerable force , and at greater length than may please a cursory reader ; but as we look upon the work as written for the instruction of a particular class , we think it by no means tedious . The author has entered into the natural history of the island with much animation , leaving no portion of it unnoticed . Its geology and geography are explained in a very creditable manner ; and its vegetable and animal kingdoms are explored with a critical propriety that must prove invaluable to the resident proprietor , or the emigrant settler .
Western ' s Commentaries on the Constitution and Laws of England . Second Edition . John Richards & Co . 194 , Fleet-street . —These commentaries are incorporated with the political text of the late J . L . De Lolme , L . L . D ., and are written with great judgment and taste by Thomas George AVestern , Esq ., F . R . S ., of the Middle Temple , corrected and revised to the present time . The work is respectfully and very appropriately dedicated to Her Majesty the Queenwho had
-, pre viously testified her admiration for the first edition , by graciously subscribing for the second . After the very strong expressions of public favour with which the previous edition was received , it is scarcely necessary to say more of the present than that it fully sustains the credit of the learned author for perspicuity , jurispnulcntal analysis , and apposite reflection . To the
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Review Of Literature.
entirely new scene of life , and ultimately attains the hig hest honours not , however , without a blot on his escutcheon . The time refers to the earlier times of the third George ; and many characters of the day are well drawn . The novel is superior to most of its class ; and if not hastily written , is at least finished without due reganl to connection in subject ; and , what is unusual to say in reviewing , a third volume is actually wanted , in justice to a very excellent subject—the Prelate himself should have had an entire volume . AVe suspect there was more intended than meets tiie eye .
New Zealand and the Inhabitants . W . J . Polack . Madden & Co . —Not even the " Celestial Empire " has attraction equal to the country of New Zealand in the eye ofthe thoughtful Englishman . The philosophy of Confucius , and the self-sufficiency of a " permitted " Supremacy may excite an enquiry into opium smuggling , and the result may enrich those whose lot cast upon the Eastern waters may enable them to obtain a goodly booty from a nation of countless myriads to whom even
the rumour of war hitherto has been a stranger . But New Zealand opens to the enterprise of English emigrants , with some capital , a means of profitable adventure , while its resources , when developed , will be found capable of the highest application . In the volumes before us , the author appears to have sustained considerable annoyance from the opposition of those with whom he differed , and he enters into such subject with some warmth . He does not remember
that similar instances are as common as blackberries , and we think he need not have troubled himself so much in the matter . As an extensive landed proprietor , he has had the opportunity of exploring the country , and making himself well acquainted with those positions that are most favourable for the settler . His observations are important , useful , and interesting ; and offer to those who are likely to examine the scene of their future destiny the most valuable information . The customs and
manners of the natives are pourtrayed with considerable force , and at greater length than may please a cursory reader ; but as we look upon the work as written for the instruction of a particular class , we think it by no means tedious . The author has entered into the natural history of the island with much animation , leaving no portion of it unnoticed . Its geology and geography are explained in a very creditable manner ; and its vegetable and animal kingdoms are explored with a critical propriety that must prove invaluable to the resident proprietor , or the emigrant settler .
Western ' s Commentaries on the Constitution and Laws of England . Second Edition . John Richards & Co . 194 , Fleet-street . —These commentaries are incorporated with the political text of the late J . L . De Lolme , L . L . D ., and are written with great judgment and taste by Thomas George AVestern , Esq ., F . R . S ., of the Middle Temple , corrected and revised to the present time . The work is respectfully and very appropriately dedicated to Her Majesty the Queenwho had
-, pre viously testified her admiration for the first edition , by graciously subscribing for the second . After the very strong expressions of public favour with which the previous edition was received , it is scarcely necessary to say more of the present than that it fully sustains the credit of the learned author for perspicuity , jurispnulcntal analysis , and apposite reflection . To the