THE GROWTH OF THE EMPIRE. 
A handbook to the History of Greater Britain. (Covering 1 the 
period set for the N.S.W. Public Service Examinations.) 
By Arthur VV. Jose (formerly Scholar of Balliol College, Oxford). 
With lh 3Taps, Cloth gilt , 7s. 6d. ; post free , 8s. 
Morning Post (London) : “This hook is published in Sydney, but it deserves 
to he circulated throughout the United Kingdom. . . Possesses considerable 
literary merits, and is eminently readable. The picture of the fashion in which 
British enterprise made its way from settlement to settlement has never been drawn 
more vividly than in these pages. . . Mr. Jose’s style is crisp and pleasant, now 
and then even rising to eloquence on his grand theme. Ilia book deserves wide 
popularity, and it has the rare merit of being so written as to be attractive alike 
to the young student and to the mature man of letters.” 
Literature (London): “He has studied thoroughly, and writes vigorously. 
. . . . Admirably done. . . . We commend it to Britons the world over.” 
Saturday Review: “He writes Imperially ; he also often writes sympa- 
thetically We cannot close Mr. Jose’s creditable account of our mis- 
doings without a glow of national pride.” 
Manchester Guardian: “Quite the best short history of the British 
Colonial Empire that has yet appeared.” 
Yorkshire Post: “A brighter short history we do not know; and this 
book deserves for the matter and the manner of it to be as well known as Mr. 
Justin McCarthy’s ‘History of Our Own Times.’” 
The Scotsman : “This admirable work is a solid octavo of more than 400 
pages. It is a thoughtful, well- written, and well-arranged history. There are 
thirteen excellent maps to illustrate the text.” 
THE GEOLOGY OF SYDNEY AND THE BLUE 
MOUNTAINS. 
A Popular Introduction to the Study of Geology. 
By Rev. J. Milne Curran. Lecturer in Chemistry and Geology, 
Technical College, Sydney. 
Second IhHtion. Wit h a, Glossary of Scientific Terms, a Reference List of 
commonly -occur ring Fossils, 2 coloured maps , and 82 illustrations. 
Crown 8 co, doth gilt. Os. ; post free , Os. 0d . 
Sydney Morning Herald : “ A popularmanual of Australian geology. . . 
Is of distinct merit, both in it-s general idea and in the carry in g-outC There are 
many who would ask nothing better than for some com potent geologist to interpret 
for thorn the hieroglyphics of nature. This is what Mr. Curran does.” 
Sydney Daily Telegraph : “ Information on the geology of Sydney and 
the. mountains hitherto buried in Blue-book reports and scientific papers. The 
style, simple, clear, and enticing. leaves nothing to be desired,” 
The Freeman's Journal: “Text-hooks, as a rule, make dull reading, 
but thanks to the author’s long experience as a lecturer in geology, and the grace 
of the stylo which enables him to clothe hard facts in luminous language, he has 
given to a solid work of science the glow of imagination.” 
The Australasian: “Mr. Curran lets us see at once that his purpose is 
to deal with the geological history of Australia, and not to pad his treatise out 
with matter common to text-books in general. When he introduces what appear 
to be hard words, he does not close the remarks that they are associated with 
without fully explaining them.” 
N.S.W. Educational Gazette: “The Rev. J. Milne Curran readily 
appreciates the difficulties of a beginner and knows exactly how to remove them. 
. . . It is fitted alike for the teacher, students at the Technical College, and 
candidates for the Public Service and University examinations.” 
