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MR. DE RICCI'S book has the appearance of having been put together hastily, to catch the mild and short-lived excitement connected with the annexation of Fiji. A large proportion of it consists of extracts from other works thrown together without much attempt at systematic arrangement; the result is a somewhat undigested mass of facts and figures about Fiji. Still, the book does contain a great deal of useful and interesting information, and will give its readers a very fair idea of the history and the physical and social condition of our most recent annexation. The information given may be regarded as trustworthy, as it is taken from the works of Wilkes and Seemann, and from various official documents. Appended are lists of the native names of timber-trees and of the fauna; but very much more valuable is the long systematic list of all the Fijian plants at present known, compiled partly from previous writers and partly from the author's own observations. The two maps add to the value of the work—one of the Fiji Archipelago, and the other showing the position of the colony in reference to America, Asia, and Australia.
Fiji: our New Province in the South Seas.
By J. H. De Ricci With two Maps. (London: Stanford, 1875.)
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 12, 5 (1875). https://doi.org/10.1038/012005b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/012005b0