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    526 The Publishers' Circular May 15,1889

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    THE FREE LIBRARY, MUSEUM, AND WALKER ART...

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    Two Books On Australia.* Dr. H. W. Dale,...

    of . his customers he was obliged to keep the best and most recent books in all departments

    and n _ J— V . ** WiJ ^_ T he ^ p « V _»^_ ^^ 1 ^ said ^_^ b __ ^^ P ^ pT ^ that ^™ ^^ ^^ *** of ^» the - — ~— ^^ very — w— - ^—— best — - — — books r- — — large — , numbers were sent up to the Bush . When

    men are not within reach of circulating libraries with their floods of ephemeral literature they

    often read seriously . ' The next census will be taken in 1891 and the common opinion is that

    by that time , the population of the Island-Continent P ^ p ^ ^ pj ^ V 4 V _ K ¦ will w ^^ p »»^—^^ " be ^» ^^ p ~ at - ^ ^ r ^ least ^~ . ™ - — ¦ — 3 ™ 200 — — - _ ^ m 000 ™ r — ^ B and — — that ~ — — ^^ p ^ ^^^^ ^_ ^^^ ^^ j ^ —^* " " , ,,

    of Tasmania and New Zealand about 800 , 000 . What the Australians expect is that the

    population will advance to one hundred millions of ¦ peop ^ P" ^ P ^ gf ^_ p ~ H ^^ r le ^_* ^ fcp ^ ^ in _» ^_~^^ V the W ^» ^_ ^ BP ^ ^ next _"—» ^_ __^_— ^_ hundred _ _ « _ _¦ v - ^_ - _'_ r w - _ - — years — _ — ' — ; ^^ whether — _ " —

    this bold anticipation is realised or not , it is gratifying to know that there is plenty of

    O elbow 4 - room O for coming generations in Australia JL «/ . ' EnglandScotland _ and Wales have an area

    j ^ , — , mated m of aifi 88 d , 800 at at rather rather square more more miles , than than with & 32 a % population . 500 & i ) i ) . 000 vui ) . . esti Tne The

    area of the Australian continent , is , 2944000 square — i — miles — or just about thirty-three , times ,

    as large as the , United King «_ . dom w . ' Dr . Dale ^ states ^ 07 ^ ^^^^ - ^^ ^ pjpr ^^^ th ^ pp- _ PW at «*~^ P V * ' the ^ P » ^_ " ^^ ^^ " Chinese ~^ " ~ ~_ ~ " ~ ^_ ^^^ ' ^ " ^ - ¦ " ¦ question —* , ~ W which ' ~ ¦ is ~ part -m- - - —r

    of the labour question , is likely to give rise to a political ^ — problem JL of great t » importance j . and

    difficulty . If Australian ports were open freely to Chinese immigrants , the operation of the

    law law of of the the' survival survival or of the the httest fittest might misrht , . lie he think of the — — s , descendant bring - about s of the the gradual Eng % lish disappearance Scotchand

    Irish settlers . Some cynical j prop , hets , have predicted that at the end of the next century

    the three typical forms of Australian life will be the rabbitthe sparrowand the Chinaman .

    Dr . Dale speak , s with enthusiasm , about the public buildings , stately churches , fine libraries ,

    museums , and galleries of art which he saw in Australiaand lays stress also on various other

    indications , of the vigorous life of the community . The tone of the book throughout is

    bright and hopeful , and far too manly and candid not to draw attention—thoug ^ J h always •/ in

    a genial manner—to the peculiar perils ' which beset our kinsmen under the Southern Cross .

    Mr . Westgarth made his first visit to Australia in the summer of 1840 , and he returned

    from his last in the autumn of 1888 . This final visitthe fourth of a serieswas to some

    extent occasioned , by the Centennial , Exhibition at Melbourne _ . The _ voyage »/ Oout in 1840 was

    taken in a ship of 414 tons , and occupied no less than one hundred and forty-three days ;

    the voyage home last year was accomplished in a steamer of 6000 tons _ _ 7 which __ covere ^ d the

    ,, , - distance in rather less than forty days . Mr , Westgarth discusses the almost magical

    transformation of Melbourne during the last halfcenturyand recalls the first nightforty-eight

    years ago , , when he first arrived upon , Australian soil and found huts where rows of palatial x

    buildings now stand . He lays stress on the incalculable mineral wealth of the colony f , and

    has something to tell us about field and forest , politics and societytrade and travel at the

    Antipodes . In his , opinion the most important problems which at present press for

    solution are the Chinese question , the Confederation of natural Colonial Groups J , , such

    as the Canadian , Cape of Good Hope , and Australasian respectively , into one general

    of Government the Colonies . He as regards perhaps the the political gravest of unit all y

    tjie questions of the day ; and he views not without misgiving any attempt to secure

    uniformity ira what he terms trading freedom or trading self-restriction in the widjely-scattered

    parts of the Empire . ' Such experience as we have isI fearopposed — to any hope — that the

    Colonial , Groups , , when ^ they - respectivel v r y fede ^•••¦^^ - rate j- m will — do — — — otherwise — — ¦— » - i than -- follow w 9 the r ~ -fr Canadian , — " — ^^^ — ^— " ^— ' ¦ ^^^^— ¦ ' ^ ^™^— ^^ ' ^^^ ^ v ^ v ^^ vs ^ ^^^ V ^^^ V ^^ b ^^ V ^^ ^^ L

    example of Protection , but when that lively and most interesting j f battle — opens ¦ " ^ — over — - — — the — — - ^ - whole *» ^ " ^ " ^^«»^^

    Empire—as it will do at once upon the completion of the political unity now so universally

    desired—I do not doubt that England ' s influence will prevail J - — — , ^ m even " — where — ^^ r - ^^ common - ^ ° — ' ^^^^^^^ v p ^^^^^ m w sense ^^ ^^ v ^ . H ^ B > . ^ VT ^^^

    has failed , to hinder her children from damaging , by their restrictions , their own

    prosperity and prospects / The general impression — — — — — left ^^ ^ " ^ ¦ b ¦ ^^ y a ^^^ ' •^ perusal ^^^ i ^^^ ^ p ^ p ^ ^^~ - ^^^ m of - ^^ ^^ m Mr ^^^^^ ppf . ^ hw . ^ F Westgarth ^ » ^ ibp' l * w ^ AF kp ^ k ^ r ^ RF ^ iV ^ pF ^ K ^ fc ' s m ^ M

    book is one of hopefulness , and we tire glad to observe the stress which he lays on the * strength of colonial loyaltyas a ground of

    confidence in regard to the difficult ' and vexed questions , which yet remain to be settled

    tinent between 9 of Gre which at Britain she is so and justl that y proud ' Island . Con-

    526 The Publishers' Circular May 15,1889

    526 The Publishers' Circular May 15 , 1889

    Jthe -M-M .-Jl. Jj British Mm-9a. Vjl Jl...

    JTHE -M-M .-JL . JJ BRITISH mM-9 A . vJL JL . JL KJJ . —C EMPIRE J ¦«/^ f-J , jL J . f . vXV . **

    Dr . Geffcken's long-expected work on the British Empire appears to-dayand contains

    not only an elaborat JLJL e summary «/ 7 , of the facts and forces —r - of British . ¦ ^^_ —~ * m rule ^^_ - _ - ^» - in ^^ m every - ^^ » r ^^^ ^— quarter ^^^ H ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ " ^ ^^ " of ^^ m ~ ^*

    the globe , but also monographs on Prince AlbertJjord PalmerstonLord Beaconsfield

    and Mr , . Gladstone . The , book ends with an , essay •*> smjMm ^ ij on KSS . M . the * s * M . ^ S reform jl \ SJL \ S * . A JLJL of TSM the VJ 1 V House AX \/ UpJV of V ^ X JJ Lord VX ViOa s , in JLXX

    which the author endeavours to show that this branch of the Legislature might be rendered ____ _

    more efficient by some I ^ JM minor reform ^ M s , such as expelling a . •—i the unworthy & members and raising <_»

    the age for entering the House . Hostility to the hereditary principlehe maintainsis the

    true cause of the agitation , against the , House of Peers . Dr . Geffcken ' s book will be widely

    read and appreciated throughout the British Colonies particularly by busy people who seek

    for a fund , of information «/ «/ in a small J- compass respecting •*• CTJ the leading C _ 7 events i in the Imperial X

    dominions during the last quarter of a century , and the rapid progress of new branches of

    the Empire . to *

    The Free Library, Museum, And Walker Art...

    THE FREE LIBRARY , MUSEUM , AND WALKER ART GALLERY , LIVERPOOL .

    The official report of these affiliated institutions has just been issuedand contains

    many facts of interest . We quote , a few statements made by / the Chairman of the General

    • Committee , Sir James A . Picton : — The Reference Library may be considered

    as the nucleus and centre of the institution , and ^^ " ^^ H *^» - ^ r ^^ pursues . ph ^ t ^»^ ^ " ^ v ^ p ^>«^ ^ . ¦ ^ ' ~^~ - ¦ i . the ^^ vhv ««^ p ™ even ™ w - ^*~ ^ ¦ ¦ tenor —^—^ ^ p ^ —t - ^^— ^^ ¦ ¦ q of ^^ - ¦ - — ¦ its - — ^^ w- ^^ way r *• ^ b with

    little vicissitude . To whatever cause it may be due , the issue of books has fallen off about 15

    * The JirilUh Empire . By Dr . OelTcken . Sampson Lew , Marston & . Co . . ,

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1889, page 526, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051889/page/16/