Australia Illustrated. Edited by Hon. Andrew Gansu. Illus- trated under
the supervision of F. B. Schell. Vol. I. (H. Marshall and Son.)—This is a very handsome volume. The nar- rative and description are well written, and the illustrations plentiful and good. In this first volume we have the story of the early discoveries of Captain Cook, and of early Australian exploration. New South Wales, with its capital and minor towns, and Victoria, with Melbourne, are the subjects of separate papers.
The topography of the two Colonies is described, and there is a paper on the " Senolan Caves." The book is quite worthy of its subject, mid when finished will be a very valuable addition to the illustrated history of Greater Britain. It is interesting to read that Australia also has been the object more than once of France's " emissaries of civilisation."
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