Part 35 (1/1)
”He must be hard to please who is not satisfied with the excitement yielded by this _resume_ of the deeds of the old antipodean explorers”--_The World_
”This interesting and instructive workis a very welcome work of education for those who care about the distant Southern Land; it gives the best of ”
--_Saturday Review_
”The value of 'The Ro' is as a history,
and the annals of Australian exploration are arranged clearly and entertainingly Mr Firth Scott has both an interesting style of writing, and a very good eye for what isin the journals of others”--DOUGLAS SLADEN, in the _Literary World_
”Mr G Firth Scott has produced a book for which there should be a considerable public He writes a straightforward, vigorous style, and has a keen eye for effective incident This book is made especially useful by the inclusion of a nu maps and other illustrations”--_The Globe_
”The book is characteristically Australian, and fully accomplishes its object--to present in a popular forh not least, the collected infor aboriginal race of Australia' The illustrations and thethe routes taken by the different explorers enhance the value of a most attractive book”--_Scotsman_
”This is a thoroughly sound and trustworthy account of the Australian explorers, from Wentworth to Burke and Wills It should have been styled the 'reality' rather than the 'ro, for Mr
Firth Scott is, wisely, more anxious about his facts than his style”--_Spectator_
”The story of Australian settle interest, and the tales of the early explorers furnish a wonderful record of courage, endurance, and dogged perseverance Very curious are the descriptions of the aborigines and the various fashi+ons in which they received the white men, who seemed to the Post_
”The illustrations and ood, constitute a special feature of a very instructive and very readable book”--_Glasgow Herald_
”Mr Firth Scott has not attempted to embellish these narratives, but with the help of s them vividly before us in all their picturesqueness”--_Daily Telegraph_
”The stories are well told; they are almost matter of fact at times, but always full of charm, and the reader will follow them with a steady curiosity and interest”--_Leeds Mercury_