New Zealand as It Is (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from New Zealand as It Is<br><br>It will generally be acknowledged that a book, to be satisfactory, should have a definite aim. It should be written with a purpose, and that purpose ought to be kept distinctly in view. Its object may be either to amuse or instruct, and it may often combine the two ideas with great advantage. In the present volume, it is to be hoped that matter will be found both new and suggestive - something which will give a better idea of life at this side of the globe, and something which will tend to confirm or deter the intending emigrant.<br><br>But little detailed information about the colony has been supplied by persons who have made of the country a permanent home - a home from which to compel a living by the toil of their hands and the sweat of their brow. This it is the endeavour of the author now to place before the public, and, while he attempts to do so, he fully recognizes the difficulties of such an undertaking.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.