19 DECEMBER 1914, Page 25

One of the most important biographical works as yet pub-

lished in Australia is Professor Ernest Scott's Life of Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N. (Humphrey Milford, for Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 21s. net). It is largely based on the papers which Professor Flinders Petrie presented to the Melbourne Publics Library in the hope that they might be of use to a biographer of his distinguished grandfather, and the result is a readable and authoritative account of the gallant sailor whose name stands so high on the roll of Australasian explorers.