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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 2, 28 February 1907, Page 19

. .From-Messrs. Whitconilys and—Tombs;- Limited, Ohristchurch* 'we have received a copy of ' Sketches of Early-Colonisation in New Zealand,' by ~""Te Manuwiri.' author 'in his- preface "tells v us that - he " arrived in the Colony at a., tender. age, and shortly " after was ■ sent to a semi-native school," where he -got v" > his first - insight-into native customs, and furthermore,;"; during the school vacation he spent a portion of" the'" time at-.-the homes of' 'his , Maori schoolmates, ~ where he fiSd still further opportunities of becoming acquainted' witti^' -thei manners -of the naitives. "The author writes of^stirring times -prior to the war of,theJsix-"' ■ ties, when, the colonists were called upon to 'suffer hardships and to put up with inconveniences, which do not very often' fall to the lot of present-day settlers. -- In all there are are thirteen sketches in the Hook, and in many o,f the adventures described therein t'hfie. .author; took' a leading part!' Asa-writer 'Te Mariuß|s viri * is somewhat diffuse, and lacks literary skill; -stil"f' his sketches will be appreciated by all who tafte aa interest' in the native, race. ."-..»-" r . - , The 'popularity'of West's "Pictures and the Bres 7 cians at His Majesty's Theatre shows 'no sign-of waning, '-in-" fact, this' talented combination" is greeted every • evening -by'--a'-full house. The continual change of programme'ami'the "excellence of the entertainment attract delighted- audifences. For this evening- a.new progra^mrne- ■ is announced, and we" have no doubt that it will be fully 'as-attractive as those that have preceded it.^ ;