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Nature in New Zealand. Compiled by James Drummond. Edited by

Captain F. W. Hutton. (Whitcombe and Tombs, Christchurch, New Zealand. Is. 6d.)—This book is intended in the country of its origin as a reading-book in schools. It can hardly fulfil that function here. But it will be found very interesting. It should be said that there are some striking details about the Maori people.