The Never Never Land ; a Ride in North Queensland.
By A. W. Stirling, F.R.G.S. (Sampson Low and Co.)—" Of the youngest of the Australian Colonies," says the author of this interesting book, "I can find no account which conveys even a general notion to the English reader." This is an excellent reason for Mr. Stirling's having recorded the incidents and impressions of his visit to the " Never Never Land," as the colonists call all that portion of Queensland which lies north or west of Cape Capricorn, and will assuredly, at no distant day, cease to merit this sobriquet, if, as we suppose, it has a deapcndent meaning. The book is opportune, instructive, and amusing, and the concluding chapter on Confedera- tion is of sound, practical value, in the present stage of that vastly important question.
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