"It is not with the slightest hope of satisfying curiosity, or to antic.i.p.ate the interest which the public in general, and geographers especially, always feel in enterprises of this nature, but merely to give such a sketch of the princ.i.p.al features of the expedition us may serve to direct those who are desirous of obtaining information respecting a portion of this remarkable country--hitherto only visited by Tasman, Dampier, Baudin, and King, and never before, we believe, penetrated by an European--to look forward to the detailed journals of the spirited officers who had the conduct of the expedition."
--_From Geographical Transactions._
A great portion of the country described in this Journal has never before been visited by any European. The Eastern coast of Short"s Bay was for the first time seen and explored during the progress of these expeditions.
"We have rarely seen a more interesting book; it is full of splendid description and startling personal adventure; written in a plain, manly, unaffected style."--_Examiner._
"It is impossible to have perused these highly interesting and important volumes without being inspired with feelings of warm admiration for the indomitable perseverance and heroical self-devotion of their gallant and enterprising author. Setting aside the vastly important results of Captain Grey"s several expeditions, it is hardly possible to conceive narratives of more stirring interest than those of which his volumes are for the most part composed."--_United Service Gazette._
"We have not read such a work of Travels for many years; it unites the interest of a romance with the permanent qualities of an historical and scientific treatise."--_Atlas._
"We recommend our readers to the volumes of Captain Grey, a.s.suring them they will derive both amus.e.m.e.nt and instruction from the perusal."--_Times._
"This is a work deserving high praise. As a book of Travels it is one of the most interesting we remember to have met with."--_Westminster Review._
"A book which should be in every lending library and book-club."
--_Englishman"s Magazine._
"The contents of these interesting volumes will richly repay an attentive perusal."
--_Emigration Gazette._
"These narratives are replete with interest, and blend information and amus.e.m.e.nt in a very happy manner."--_Australian Magazine._
Just published, in 1 vol. 8vo. with Plates and Woodcuts,
JOURNAL OF AN OVERLAND EXPEDITION IN AUSTRALIA, FROM MORETON BAY TO PORT ESSINGTON.
_A distance of upwards of 3000 miles._
BY DR. LUDWIG LEICHHARDT.
N.B. A large 3 sheet Map of the Route by J. Arrowsmith is published, and to be had separately in a Case, price 9_s._
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
"A work of unquestionable merit and utility, and its author"s name will justly stand high upon the honourable list of able and enterprising men, whose courage, perseverance, and literary abilities have contributed so largely to our knowledge of the geography and productions of our distant southern colonies."--_Blackwood"s Mag._
"For the courage with which this lengthened and perilous journey was undertaken, the skill with which it was directed, and the perseverance with which it was performed, it is almost unrivalled in the annals of exploring enterprise. It richly deserves attention."--_Britannia._
"The narrative in which he relates the results of this remarkable journey, and the extraordinary fatigues and privations endured by himself and his fellow travellers, is not merely valuable for its facts, but full of absorbing interest as a journal of perilous adventures."--_Atlas._
"The volume before us comprises the narrative of one of the most remarkable enterprises ever planned by man"s sagacity and executed by man"s courage and endurance. To our minds there is in every point of view an inexpressible charm in such a book as this. It not merely narrates to us the opening of a new material world for human enterprise and scientific investigation, but it makes more clearly known to us the wondrous powers and capacities of human nature. We recommend it to our readers as a work scarcely less remarkable for the extraordinary enterprise recorded in it, than for the simplicity and modesty with which it is related."--_Morning Herald._
"The result of his enterprise was thoroughly successful. It has added not a little to our existing stock of knowledge in the various departments of natural history, and has made discovery in districts before untrodden, of an almost boundless extent of fertile country."--_Examiner._
"The most striking feature in the expedition is its successful accomplishment, which is of itself sufficient to place Dr. L. in the first rank of travellers. How much Dr. L. has added to geographical discovery can only be felt by an examination of the admirable maps which accompany the volume. These have been deduced on a large scale from the traveller"s sketches by Mr. Arrowsmith, and engraved with a distinctness of execution, and a brief fulness of descriptive remark which leave nothing to be desired."--_Spectator._
_Lately published, in 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, with 8 Maps and Charts, and 57 Ill.u.s.trations_ BY COMMAND OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY.
DISCOVERIES IN AUSTRALIA OF THE VICTORIA, ADELAIDE, ALBERT, AND FITZROY RIVERS, AND EXPEDITIONS INTO THE INTERIOR; DURING THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLE, BETWEEN THE YEARS 1837 AND 1843: ALSO
A NARRATIVE OF THE VISITS OF H.M.S. BRITOMART, COMMANDER OWEN STANLEY, R.N., F.R.S.
_TO THE ISLANDS IN THE ARAFURA SEA_.
BY CAPT. J. LORT STOKES, R.N.
"The whole narrative is so captivating, that we expect to find the work as much in demand at circulating libraries as at inst.i.tutions of graver pretensions."--_Colon. Gaz._
"We have to thank Capt. Stokes for a most valuable work, one that will place his name by the side of Vancouver, Tasman, Dampier, and Cook."--_New Quar. Review._
"The science of Navigation owes a deep debt to Captain Stokes. The information contained in the present volumes must render them an invaluable companion to any ship performing a voyage to that part of the world."--_Foreign Quarterly Review._
"Every part of it is full of matter, both for the general and scientific reader. With the acts of throwing the lead, taking angles, &c. lively anecdotes and pleasing ideas are constantly a.s.sociated, so that we very much doubt whether any reader will lay aside the book, large as it is, without regret. In some parts you have all the breathless excitement of a voyage of discovery, and sail up new rivers, and explore new lands, while elsewhere your thoughts are directed to the tracks of commerce and political speculation. Altogether the work is a charming specimen of nautical literature, written in a pure, flexible, terse, and elegant style, and bespeaks everywhere in the author a mind endued with very high moral and intellectual qualities."--_Fraser"s Mag._
"While these volumes must prove of great value to the maritime profession, to the geographer, and to emigrants, they cannot fail to be perused with interest by readers in general."--_Athenaeum._
"We cannot, in noticing these two ably written and interesting volumes, insist too strongly upon their importance alike to the mariner, the geographer, and the general reader. The author is a man of considerable merit, a shrewd observer of men and things, and who was fitted by nature and inclination to conduct these researches into the vast unknown continent whither he proceeded with enterprise and spirit. These volumes contain a fund of interesting matter, and we warmly recommend this valuable addition to our literary and scientific stores to the attention of the public."--_Sentinel._
"The contents of these volumes, rich, varied and full of interest, will be their best recommendation. For scientific accuracy, they will be highly valued by the geographer and navigator, while they will be read for mere amus.e.m.e.nt by the public at large."--_Sunday Times._
THE EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO.
_By Permission of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty._ Now ready, in 2 vols. 8vo. with numerous Maps, Plates, and Woodcuts,
NARRATIVE OF THE SURVEYING VOYAGE OF H.M.S. FLY, UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN BLACKWOOD, R. N.
IN TORRES STRAIT, NEW GUINEA, AND OTHER ISLANDS IN THE EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO;
TOGETHER WITH AN EXCURSION INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE ISLAND OF JAVA, DURING THE YEARS 1842 TO 1846.
BY J. BEETE JUKES, M. A.
NATURALIST TO THE EXPEDITION.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
"We must congratulate Mr. Jukes on the value of his publication.
Scientific without being abstruse, and picturesque without being extravagant, he has made his volumes a striking and graceful addition to our knowledge of countries highly interesting in themselves, and a.s.suming hourly importance in the eyes of the people of England."--_Blackwood"s Magazine._