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Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 109, 4 July 1885, Page 7

TO « T>RKTrs /colonists 1 p tnng JjltJiTT'a V>OLONISTB* VJ UID F AxND rivcLop^iciMA of I ar.vuh '-/YOLOPMbIA OF I titib UL KNOWLEIMJK »> NOVVLKLiuIi:, BEING 1 COMPENDIUM OF INFORMATION B* PRACTICAL COLONiaTS tJPOIf • AUMING, lIOKTICULTUHE, AND ALL SUBJECTS OF INTEREST TO ;EW ZEALAND SETTLERS,

Euixku bv Thomson \V. Lhvs.

The publisher tins much nlnpuro Iti >icknow«

■king receipt of the folluuiiiß i< -tmioni >ls oni \vi 11-'- no« it ngiioUltumli'is iui'l o'.«cl v»< tual culuumta on ihu Vulue of the abortf Turk :— Tho following letter in from Mn Javi- \v w kvk Hi.ldiile, Puimtoitot. As •>!»«• tit ! < : >t r;\i •*•(•»! KndsUc<-<'*yf til settlor!! iti tho Auckland

■ lit riot, his opiuion i> of greet Value "Pin.— l lmve lookwl fuiwnnl with n i*.m. • Irt'inMu fl> '. itc of Int'l-fst to tl « pulilicutiun ••* Uihtt'.s Coi.onihtk' 'itHnK. unri can now »« / •tt !t lift* fur ex«-n*defl my *>xpectntioi ». \**£) a'.uy passes without my finning "oiihm it.iv in it» pak'isH l>oth lnt.T» stjntf ancl in^ii^* ive. It is n hnott that «li« .iilif In* in ov«:/ ««tt|T'« h«-u*c tn tho cul'-ny. Th»- portion '.evoinl to fnrminK In full of relUblo l»f*.rnm« lon, And I havo no hesitation «ayln»- that it ■• the most comprehensive ai.'i u«e.ftil t;ultl« tut % Now Zealand oolonht ever pub.mhod."

From Sin Gkohoß Oki;v, K.C.T*.--' My rt»*f •itr, - I hay«» kept In constant me for upward* »{ two months t!»i» copy of Hhktt'p Coionis-is 1 <Jni>K and Cyclopedia or XJsr.rr-. Kn«» '• LM'Cic, which you worn troo«l onotwh to n«i:-l .IV. I havo tPßtoil it in mMii wtyH upon » i-rr.-vt Ta'ieiy of useful Kulijocts and urn •atisficd tl.'B it is b\ far the best work of the x. md T have evrt te<*ji. I fwl that tts mcrii^nnd iinefiirne wln re* latiVm to nil prn< tical Mifije-la Oh Which a vittler 8 eo.nfort and aucoe«B doi«nd render it A aeccspnr* Rpp r ndir-rc to ovory home in New Z-a-and.- faithfully jours, O. UKKI. — Kawnu, January 7Ui, 1554."

Mr John Wallapr. of. Rothwwll P*rfc. Waiutu (fornirrly of KUt l'u«h>. who U ou» ot our mriio-it sottlrrn. and has been for mnnjf year« closely conii'-ctrd with ©very ••flbrt to pro* mote the av-rieulturul inturosta of the Auckland district, writes as follows :— " Dkar Sin.— l havo much nlonaur- In add in r m> mito in wnnn ronititonnjtlinn of Hkktt'S Colomh'ih' Grit'K. Tt is a book that nliould ht, not only in eMjr.v fnrnier's liliraty. but •' «>ulii also he on cv«r« colmiixt's hook nhelf. no maf*-r in whnt Un » of colonial induetry lie or she may bo en^ai'i d 'I hero is infonnntuni fiira'l. In looking back over a p- :od of i I » rurs'uf h%rd oolo> nial work how much Muu.tblc time and money miijhthnvohtvn •i-'Vi'd if at the hi»vinninjf mk-Ii a fund nf iiifminution bad been avnilubietoyuido uh ns is now u ithin the rench of all in tho «lm <t3 nf Mrctt's Gnide. t'oloirsta. who desire to hu worthy of the namo, should not, from its Ho.*ant api»-ftr<iiice or the qunlity of the material, make it a drawing - room hook, to he o.'kcd at and ii'inircd as one would a picturo or a c»ri«»; they Miould have it on the !iiantlu«shclf. the sofa. «r thd corner f the tatile : in fact, ttnywln-re 10 that the eye o' Father, Mother, .iolinny. and .lonny, md even tin- helps mny have a chmice of looking at it during sp»r«' minuiun in the heat <>f •timmer or the inelomency of wmti-r. Mr" itrett has shown pluck in bringing out KUoh a hook. h*»» been exect dinyly foriiiuato in tha H<'lcetion of his contributors, and I sincoroly nope it will pro\ c a Unancial bucccue."

Mr Geohgr Holpbuip. Managing Director ot 'he Auckland Timber Coniimny. and a praotical

rolotiiHtaf long experience, writes:— "Mr,— T havo looked over your Birrr-LKKfl' Quidk. and consider it one of the most unrful \nd valmbli- iMiokn for the New Zealand •rttler evi-r pxihlinlwd. The information is co .•aried, and tho advice ro practical. A single aragraph v\ ill often be found worth more than he ooßi of the book.

Mr T. W. Hickson. Kstate Agent, Attok* ■.nd, has contributed the following:— "I havo much plensurc in slating that, havlnjr n-rofullt uxamimd into Hkktt's Colomstb Icide I luve no hesitation in sajin-irl considef t. good raluc for tie »Tko askrd for it. in fact, ••orth ton and twenty times tho money to • lmost anyone engaged in rural industries.

Prom a Puke I. one Settler. Pukokoho, I'ccetnber 1, 1881

"DbarSib.— l have recently been pr»*cntrd bj a friend of mine with a copy of > our raluablo work, '» hk t oi.onistb'Guii»k. It comains well written arlichin on nearly overy KU-ject i»f interest to the settler, except religion, w»tli which it doe« not meddle. • hose articles »ro evldentb writt.-n b.x praotical men. nnd contain the roHitlt of much cxpei ionco in a compact and readable i form. Thuu wo havo doßcrlpthm/i of the oeB' brordsof lloraex, Cattlo. She<»p, foul try, etc., etc., for thia part of the world ; and thTe is also a well-made, digest of s-ich laws of New Zealand as are of special interest to the ord marr settler ; indeod, the bo-«k is a real Vade Mocum, and should he in the now-sion of ovrry settler IS tho \i olonir * - Younj w»»>ectfuny, W. U. ALADILL*

"Dear 81r,— Having subucribert torßßrrT*Bl ColoniBi«* Guide, 1 beg to say thaf I am very pleased with it. The amount dl prvictlual lnfor« mation contained in It i"» Invalunnlo, and T eon* aider it the best 'ids worth ret offered to the New Zealand Public. No sottler or hu»in«RB man should bo without It. I think puMio opinion will pay that you have conferred a l >oon on the colony by your spirited oifbrt. Thanking you personally, and wWilnj? the publication every success, I am, Sir, yours truly, Noabl Wood."

Consul ORirrm writes as follows with reforence to this work. As a ccntleman Of ex««m« •ive literary acquirement", and acquainted with the valuable library of practical works for which we are Indebted to the United States, hid opinion is noteworthy:— "The book is the mont valuable work of the kind published in the Colonies. I have ro»d every chapter in it with attention and pleasure. The extent, variety, and accuraoy of it* information are extraordinary. It is what it claims to he, a Cyclopaedia of Univerwtl X "owledge. The insight that it tcives into the most approved methods of aicriotiltu re. the manm.ement of live stock, the dairy— in fact cvorytliinK perainintf to farmini? ojjorations— eonunend it to c Vrr\ one Interested in the prosperity of the colony. The editor has displayed most excellent taste and judgment. All his ideas Are eminently brond md praotical. The arrangement of the subject matter is pimply ndmirablo. I am pleaded with tho articles on vinery, flax fruit, and hop culture. The abstract of the local Government and land laws of thin colon> Is tho moot BUccinot and intelligib c that ho« come under my obr«"rvtinti. whilst V o r»tintinj?, binding, and illustrations of tUe Work u» superb.'