Notes of Travel in Fiji and New Caledonia. By J.
W. Anderson, M.A. (Ellissen and Co.)—There is some entertainment stud, we
should say, some profit to be got out of this volume. Mr. Anderson wont, wo take it, to those parts for practical purposes. Ile has uo kind of theory to support, and he states things as he saw them. On the whole, the impression that he gives us of the Fijian and his life is a favourable ono. That the man is better off, as far as his physical surroundings are concerned, than the European of the same station is unquestionable. It may be questioned whether he is not at least equal, morally and intellectually, to the average European of his class. The second part of the book treats of the subject of "New California," a country loss familiar to most readers than Fiji, and it concludes with some speculations about the origin of the Polynesian islanders.
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