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Pacific Circle: Proceedings of the Second Biennial Conference of the Australian and New Zealand American Studies Association. Editedby Norman Harper. University of Queensland Press, 1968. pp. 279. $4.95. Character and Style in English Politics. By J. H. Grainger. Cambridge University Press, 1969. pp. viii + 291. 50s. stg. Britain and the Australian Colonies, 1818–1831—The Technique of Government. By J. J. Eddy. Oxford University Press, London, 1969. pp. xviii + 326. $9.35. The British Empire in Australia: An Economic History 1834–1939. By Brian Fitzpatrick. Macmillan of Australia, South Melbourne, 1969. Pp. xv ‐f 420. $4.40; A Short History of the Australian Labor Movement. By Brian Fitzpatrick. Macmillan of Australia, South Melbourne, 1968. Pp. 258. $3.00. Western India in the Nineteenth Century: A Study in the Social History of Maharashtra. By Ravinder Kumar. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, and Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1968. pp. 347. $6.90. Great Britain and the Taipings. By J. S. Gregory. A.N.U. Press, Canberra, 1969. pp. 270. $6.00. Society and Pauperism: English Ideas on Poor Relief, 1795–1834. By J. R. Poynter. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, and Melbourne University Press, 1969. pp. xxvi + 367. $6.00. The Impact of Railways on Victorian Cities. By John R. Kellett. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1969. pp. 487. 80s. stg. Changes in Britain, 1919–1957. By John M. Ward. Nelson's Australasian Paperbacks, Melbourne, 1968. pp. x + 286. $1.50. An Illustrated Social History of South Africa. By Alan F. Hattersley. A. A. Balkema, Cape Town, 1969. Pp. x + 262, 13 colour plates, 94 monochrome illustrations. R. 12.50. Great Britain and South African Confederation, 1870–1881. By C. F. Goodfellow. Oxford University Press, Cape Town, 1966. pp. xi + 310. $8.70. Fragments of Empire: a history of the Western Pacific High Commission 1877–1914. By Deryck Scarr. Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1967. pp. xviii + 367, maps, photographs. $9.90. The Charter of the Land. By Peter France. Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1969. pp. 229. $6.75. A Cruise in a Queensland Labour Vessel to the South Seas. By W. E. Giles. Edited by Deryck Scarr. Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1968. pp. 124. $5.00. Here My Home. The Life and Times of John Stuart Hepburn 1803–1860. By Lucille M. Quinlan. Oxford University Press, 1967. pp. xii + 212, 1 map, 20 plates. $7.75. The Good Country, Cranbourne Shire. By Niel Gunson. F. W. Cheshire, 1968. pp. xviii + 308, 4 maps, 16 plates. $6.00. The Farthest Coast: A Selection of Writings Relating to the History of the Northern Coast of Australia. Edited by C. G. Macknight. Melbourne University Press, 1969. pp. xiv + 218. $4.50. Federated Australia: selections from letters to the Morning Post 1900–1910. By Alfred Deakin. Edited and with an introduction by J. A. La Nauze. Melbourne University Press, 1968. pp. 314. Price $7.50. Royal Australian Navy, 1942 ‐1945. By G. Hermon Gill. Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1968. pp. xviii + 753. $4.00. ‘ Sturt of the Murray. Father of Australian Exploration. By Michael Langley. Robert Hale, London, 1969. pp. 272. $5.75.