REVIEW.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3191, 12 May 1879, Page 2

REVIEW.

Reminiactnset of"tfte" War in New Zealand* By T. W. Qudsbok. London: Sampaon. We have received a copy*of Mr of the War in New Zealand." The work is inteuded only as 1 of the doings, of the Colonial forces between the years 1865-70/ bat it also Briefly glltees fat^the cMtfefpf: timr<Mm<&»tAm "W the Imperial troops, etc., the whole making refy Edible iatnitiVi which fills up a vao W t, lW »cfl.4^,the i hi|tor3t of our adopted country. The author, being; aqooffiflirdta .*he, T/jColonial serf ice, had every opportunity of collecting information'for his work, while his graphic dejltription of the struggles between thejpakeha and the Maori, stamp him as a man~with morej[thjn thei ordinaiy j»wertj-ofr (Atervation. Several chapters, are aevotcp to " the origin and progrest of the Hauhaa religfdn.^X The tuthor'3 aoJouft is to the effect lhat amongst the early missionaries, of,, England Missionary society\jrero to eiangelise the uppe'r 1 half of 1 M North Island, and the''We»Uyan the lower, and this afire^ment was strictly Altered to until a bishb'p was appointed-wlo, (the author gbeson to say) " invidetHjhe Wesleyan <r territories, preached°, atlieir condemnation, telling, the, Maonei tnat even to but were ravening wolfesi:spoken,of,in serip^i|Lßp.n'y^ ISM » > : . of good reasoning 1 faculties, many haying,read the Bible translated jnto^their bwnJanguage, tried i'isutmo^t ro" fatKom the (difficulty, and in Be*rtA']6i«(M one ' society another nHtil be'hsa^one through the whole; then, having come 'to the conclusibhtliat'the^difficulty solely jrose from the various interpretations each one chose "to^^ give'fhlT^ol'ipuresTtia claimed a like privilege, and having pon|dereds;oveisjtil^hf> to his own 5 destruction finally settlvd^itfto Hauhauisup" > Afteptk^^ohing the opening contests of the''war originated by Maori fanaticism,;^ «u^ir»'-»ffthe cribed, and,the .deeds,of..la expedition sent forth 1 vto punish^ the 1 murderers are fohronicledrr *TheLcampaignt of-Chutajuid McDonnell; the Poverty %ty lmM3r», the campaigns against Titokowaro* and Te 'MM are'Mriesorlb^iilfftf^rj interesting manner. TT;The boot isa complete chronicle of the war/and presented in "M^^o^reldiibr^manneiP?^^ is exceedingly well, got-up, making i neat octarovolumeof 368page«/,aridit-illas-trafel'witn^a? number 7 of '■• mtMt» of celebrities 1 during the w.r, and rairiongit them we notice depicted Sir George Grey, General Chute; Colonel McDonnell, and Lieutenant Gudgeon, all 1 e'xeeHeni and truthful likepessesV^he bPAkshould oom. marid a large'sale all through the Colony.

Dknis the agitMoV, hai come across his first thrtihiDff.'a^Sant^AtiVa, Los Angeloi County. He made 1 one of ,J»« w«a| 7i! pe ? che^ 9f applauseo jfjrgm/ vm% fcMyifopptfa -ngn iWorkipg^ea^v^XTniox^^tef^r^lhii^ipiece,bo#eT«r, be accused ■M«c^*4deij^« shipbuilder, of haTing built «t eteamboat with money procured- from the citisbnay and then selling the name to the rsikiad. After t\fcka&&ti#M lia&lfiWßtt&sßSb§ ißule, in the employ of MacFadden, made merry the hours of night by. knocking Kearney down, and spoiling his note by means of objectionable weapons. None of the agitator's applaudants of the preceding hour seemed able to get up courage therefore grovelled in the dust Fbr a'considerable time, .under, the, hands of his as* sailants, but ai'ia lst' managed to escape with a remnant of life left, and he then pursued his way "to the next place of meeting, as, h^s now on the 3 Btttmp. | H# has returned from his campaign, but II hare not had the gpod jpieiing and patience to inquire from him, "How is your »gitator i ship'a ..nosepj "—which is, not courteous to say the lease of it. "' '!"