Nuhou, Volume II, Number 17, 23 September 1873 — Hawaiian Publications. [ARTICLE]

Hawaiian Publications.

Wc 2iave received from the inßpeetor Gcnera] -f a epeeimen copy of an elementary work m ,Geography in the Hawaiin ]anguage entit]ed * Ka Honua nei oia ka Buke mua o ka Hoike Honua."Whieh, is from a work by Māry L, Ilall, with important addenda in rela,tioa to this archipeiago by the lnspector General ? T >y order of the Board of Education, Thls beautiful school book is an honor to ali :ncerned in its productiōn 3 and must be a valiiabie aid in the instruetion of thē youth of these Islands. No study produees a more enlightening •eSect upon the human mind 5 than that of the Suriae£ of the planet bh whieh we live. In proporiion as any human being is familiar with the .baracter and relative condition of all the distinguishable divisions and physical features of thls giobe, just so far is such a one enlightened and 3ifted up above the eondition of ignorance, 3ocal nrejudice and barbarism. And how attractive :nust be the study when presented in such a ;.,steful lonn, with clear typography, descriptiYe ;ats, beautiful tinted maps, and escellent binding aod whieh refleets such credit upon our printers ' :rad binders. The particulars abōut our islands are intere?tand necessarily brief in sūch an elementary work,~ftft£dught to be grcatly amplified in a more work for the Ilawaiian student. We ."'.i'e intereeted in noticing the names of the difiersea&v®#annels \yltliin this archipelago, an.d' there is mueh other matter that is new and inter» C6ting; butwe must point out one little error whieh is noted simply because it is in reference io a point of our familiar home pn Lanai* On i age 117, speakbg of that small island, the >uthor says: " There is no running water in the \kahawai) gulches or stream beds, but ouly some iaountain springs, and welk by the 6eashore.** But we hasten to say lbr the honor and eredit .of the poor island that it has a perennial stream f hat in a thoue4nd little has its trickling from pointe of moss and tbat eover tho of a grand precipiee neariy one !umdrēd feet high, and felli»g into a eold trane-

lucent pool helow, wliiclj Is fefirov9dcd a Low- 1 ery canopy for the sport of nalacls of a better wor!dj ti)ence Issuee In a sweet, braw3iDg, purling, l£aping eour6ing downward l>erjeatli : umbrageoue groTes of 10% kukui and otlier Ilawailah treeBj until it reacbes eome of the raoet ' admirable terrace work in taro patebe6 and on* l . * • - - -j of tbp most beautiful i]luetratloi3S of aneienu Hawajiian engineering ekill in*arranging \vater 1 levels! to be found in thesc island«, and there at! thit> day, even in this terpble drj time, when | tbe land is burnt and the eattle bleat dip cn ! some of our i£3ands, thiB lovelj stream of Mau~' nalei winds its everlasting waj, ' But our new Hawaiian geographj is aumira-! ble, and refiects credit on our Public In«tructionl