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Early Explorers in Australia, by Ida, Lee (Methuen), is a

running history of discoveries iu Australia, of quarrels and agreements with the natives and of the growth of topographical and botanical knowledge in Australia. We begin with Dam- pier and Cooke, and end with the death of Allan Cunningham. As most of the material is taken from the diaries of the early travellers, the book is instructive and often exciting.