also valuable information as to Captain James Cook, q.v. Translations were quickly made into Dutch, German and Swedish. For
an account of this work, see
The Monthly Review
, Vol. V, 1791, page 422.
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Eden’s New Holland & Botany bay.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 148, as above.
The History of New Holland, from its First Discovery in 1616, to the Present Time. With a particular Account of its Produce
and Inhabitants; and a Description of Botany Bay: Also, a List of the Naval, Marine, Military, and Civil Establishment. To
which is prefixed, an Introductory Discourse on Banishment, by the Right Honourable William Eden. Illustrated with a Map of
New Holland, a Chart of Botany Bay, and a General Chart from England to Botany Bay.
London: Printed for
John Stockdale,
m,dcc,lxxxvii
. Entered at Stationer’s Ball. [1787.]
DU98.1 .A9
First Edition. 8vo. 140 leaves, the last with
Stockdale’s advertisements, folded engraved map of Australia, with inset of
Botany Bay, folded engraved
General Chart of the passage from
England to Botany
Bay, both by John Andrews.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
Ferguson,
Bibliography of Australia, no. 24.
Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, without price.
"
. . . the anonymous History of New Holland, written probably between October 1786 and January 1787, and published before the
New South Wales Judicature Bill was presented to Parliament. The attempts to plumb the anonymity of its authorship have led
to the most incompatible results. Until recently, the British Museum, and many other library catalogues, have attributed it
to George Barrington, the notorious pickpocket, who at this time was earning a dubious living on the turf, and who seems to
be the last resort of bibliographers seeking the authorship of anonymous Australian works.
“
In the 1935 edition of the British Museum catalogue the description has been altered to anonymous. Many historians, however,
go to the other extreme, and by misreading the title, attribute the book to Eden himself. the
[
sic
--
Ed.
]
fact is, that far from writing the whole book, Eden did not even, as has often been supposed, write the introductory Discourse on Banishment
specially to commend the scheme sponsored by the Government of his friend Pitt. The celebrated Discourse
is, in fact, nothing but the fourth chapter of the Principles of Penal Law
, first published fifteen years previously, and now reproduced, possibly with the author’s permission, but with the object
of adding the lustre of a famous statesman’s name to an anonymous publication . . .
” Eris O’Brien,
The Foundation of Australia, pp. 183, 4.
William Eden, first Baron Auckland, 1744-1814, English statesman.
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Woodard’s narrative of the Malays.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 147, as above.
WOODARD,
David.
The Narrative of Captain David Woodard and four Seamen, who lost their ship while in a boat at sea, and surrendered themselves up to the Malays, in the Island of
Celebes; containing an Interesting Account of their Sufferings from Hunger and various hardships, and their Escape from the
Malays, after a Captivity of Two Years and a Half: Also an account of the Manners and Customs of the Country, and a Description
of the Harbours and Coast, &c. Together with an Introduction, and an Appendix, containing Narratives of various Escapes from
Shipwrecks, under great Hardships and Abstinence; holding out a Valuable Sea-
