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Outlines of British Colonisation. By the Rev. William Parr Greswell.

(Percival and Co.) —The book itself is largely historical, though the author touches from time to time on present condi- tions and practical considerations that arise therefrom. He has elsewhere treated with there fullness parts of the subject, and this volume is therefore to be regarded as a comprehensive summary of the whole. A very valuable series of appendices gives a great quantity of "facts and figures," relating to the physical features, the population, the trade and commerce of the various Colonies