"The result of his enterprise was thoroughly successful. It has added not a little to our existing stock of knowledge in the various departments of natural history, and has made discovery in districts before untrodden, of an almost boundless extent of fertile country."--_Examiner._
"The most striking feature in the expedition is its successful accomplishment, which is of itself sufficient to place Dr. L. in the first rank of travellers. How much Dr. L. has added to geographical discovery can only be felt by an examination of the admirable maps which accompany the volume. These have been deduced on a large scale from the traveller's sketches by Mr. Arrowsmith, and engraved with a distinctness of execution, and a brief fulness of descriptive remark which leave nothing to be desired."--_Spectator._
_Lately published, in 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, with 8 Maps and Charts, and 57 Illustrations_ BY COMMAND OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY.
DISCOVERIES IN AUSTRALIA OF THE VICTORIA, ADELAIDE, ALBERT, AND FITZROY RIVERS, AND EXPEDITIONS INTO THE INTERIOR; DURING THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLE, BETWEEN THE YEARS 1837 AND 1843: ALSO
A NARRATIVE OF THE VISITS OF H.M.S. BRITOMART, COMMANDER OWEN STANLEY, R.N., F.R.S. _TO THE ISLANDS IN THE ARAFURA SEA_. BY CAPT. J. LORT STOKES, R.N.
"The whole narrative is so captivating, that we expect to find the work as much in demand at circulating libraries as at institutions of graver pretensions."--_Colon. Gaz._
"We have to thank Capt. Stokes for a most valuable work, one that will place his name by the side of Vancouver, Tasman, Dampier, and Cook."--_New Quar. Review._
"The science of Navigation owes a deep debt to Captain Stokes. The information contained in the present volumes must render them an invaluable companion to any ship performing a voyage to that part of the world."--_Foreign Quarterly Review._
"Every part of it is full of matter, both for the general and scientific reader. With the acts of throwing the lead, taking angles, &c. lively anecdotes and pleasing ideas are constantly associated, so that we very much doubt whether any reader will lay aside the book, large as it is, without regret. In some parts you have all the breathless excitement of a voyage of discovery, and sail up new rivers, and explore new lands, while elsewhere your thoughts are directed to the tracks of commerce and political speculation. Altogether the work is a charming specimen of nautical literature, written in a pure, flexible, terse, and elegant style, and bespeaks everywhere in the author a mind endued with very high moral and intellectual qualities."--_Fraser's Mag._