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A. W. Howitt's classic two-volume study, first published in 1904,
investigates the organisation, practices and customs of the
indigenous peoples he encountered during his forty years exploring
Australia. He describes how he made 'close and friendly contact'
with tribes who were, in his words, in a condition of 'complete
savagery'. Howitt achieved considerable status among the
Aborigines, and was even permitted to witness some of their sacred
ceremonies. Focusing particularly on the social organisation of the
tribes, their kinship systems and marriage rules, his book is a
captivating account of a now-vanished civilisation.
The prolific writer William Howitt (1792 1879) embarked for
Australia in 1852 and spent two years there travelling and panning
for gold. His experiences resulted in several books that appealed
to the Victorian public's avid interest in Antipodean exploration.
Published in 1865, when New Zealand had only been recognised as a
country for a generation, this two-volume work describes 'scenes of
danger and of wild romance, of heroic daring and devoted deaths,
such as few countries have to show'. It gives a valuable account of
early European exploration and settlement in Australia and New
Zealand as well as insights into European travellers' responses to
this previously unknown continent. Volume 1 covers the early
voyages of discovery to the Antipodes made by explorers including
Abel Tasman and Captain Cook, and later expeditions up to the
1840s, including Fitzroy and Darwin's voyage around Australia and
New Zealand aboard the Beagle.
The prolific writer William Howitt (1792 1879) embarked for
Australia in 1852 and spent two years there travelling and panning
for gold. His experiences resulted in several books that appealed
to the Victorian public's avid interest in Antipodean exploration.
Published in 1865, when New Zealand had only been recognised as a
country for a generation, this two-volume work describes 'scenes of
danger and of wild romance, of heroic daring and devoted deaths,
such as few countries have to show'. It gives a valuable account of
early European exploration and settlement in Australia and New
Zealand as well as insights into European travellers' responses to
this previously unknown continent. Volume 2 begins in the
mid-1840s, and focuses on the 1861 disappearance in Australia of
Burke and Wills, the expeditions searching for them (including one
led by Howitt's son), and visits to New Zealand by explorers
including Charles Heaphy and Julius Haast.
In 1852 William Howitt (1792 1879) set sail for Australia with two
of his sons in order to try his luck in the goldfields of Victoria.
By then he was already a prolifically published author of both
prose and verse. He was only moderately successful as a
gold-digger, but his account of life in the new colony, published
in 1855 after his return to England, provides an extraordinary
snapshot of the rapid early growth of Melbourne. Volume 1 covers
Howitt's first impressions of Australia, his experiences on the
journey to the diggings at Bendigo, the throngs of prospectors, the
exorbitant prices charged by profiteering merchants, and the
miners' protest over high government licence fees. He describes the
hard life endured by the diggers and warns against women coming to
the colony.
In 1852 William Howitt (1792 1879) set sail for Australia with two
of his sons in order to try his luck in the goldfields of Victoria.
By then he was already a prolifically published author of both
prose and verse. He was only moderately successful as a
gold-digger, but his account of life in the new colony, published
in 1855 after his return to England, provides an extraordinary
snapshot of the rapid early growth of Melbourne. Volume 2 considers
the effects of the influx of a great number of immigrants and the
continuing presence of convicts. Howitt also reflects on government
policy and the draft constitution, and describes visits to Sydney
and Tasmania. His colourful account includes descriptions of birds
and flowers, extreme heat, and how to cope with flies.
This two-volume history of the supernatural, first published in
1863, is a staggering feat: extending his work across almost a
thousand pages, William Howitt attempts to describe the engagement
with the supernatural in all ages and all parts of the world in
order to identify a common link between them. Howitt (1792 1879), a
well-known writer in his day, published over fifty books in his
lifetime, some in collaboration with his wife, writer and
translator Mary Howitt. His interest in the supernatural was
precipitated by the untimely deaths of two sons. This first volume
begins with an apology for faith in the nineteenth century and
continues with spiritualist histories of Europe, the bible and
apocrypha, the ancient world, the East, and Scandinavia,
emphasising the persisting legacy and presence of human engagement
with the supernatural in each case.
This two-volume history of the supernatural, first published in
1863, is a staggering feat: extending his work across almost a
thousand pages, William Howitt attempts to describe the engagement
with the supernatural in all ages and all parts of the world in
order to identify a common link between them. Howitt (1792 1879), a
well-known writer in his day, published over fifty books in his
lifetime, some in collaboration with his wife, writer and
translator Mary Howitt. His interest in the supernatural was
precipitated by the untimely deaths of two sons. Beginning with a
chapter on magic and its relation to the supernatural, this second
volume concentrates mainly on Christian history, detailing the
spiritualist aspects of the early church, medieval heresy, the
Reformation, and nineteenth-century supernatural engagement, also
including pagan and neo-platonic perceptions.
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