6 APRIL 1867, Page 22

Christianity among the New Zealanders. By the Right Rev. William

Williams, D.C.L., Bishop of Waiapu. (Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday.) —The Bishop of Waiapn begins with a half apology for publishing a history of the growth and spread of Christianity in New Zealand, at a time when each mail from that country brings news of a fierce war and barbarous cruelties. Yet no excuse was needed for the Bishop's work. So far from this being the case, our former experience of the New Zealanders might have prepared us for a straggle, and might have shown us how to be on our guard. The Bishop's narrative touches more than once on gross superstition and barbarity, but he hopes for better things, and he sees their approach.