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Introduction, by R.A. Streatfeild vii
PART I. NEW ZEALAND
A First Year in Canterbury Settlement 3
Crossing the Rangitata 143
Darwin on the Origin of Species 149
Darwin among the Machines 179
Lucubratio Ebria 186
A Note on “The Tempest” 195
The English Cricketers 198
PART II. CAMBRIDGE
On English Composition and Other Matters 205
Our Tour 211
Translation from an Unpublished Work of Herodotus 234
The Shield of Achilles, with Variations 237
Prospectus of the Great Split Society 239
Powers 244
A Skit on Examinations 251
An Eminent Person 255
Napoleon at St. Helena 256
The Two Deans. I 258
The Two Deans. II 259
The Battle of Alma Mater 261
On the Italian Priesthood 265
Samuel Butler and the Simeonites, by A.T. Bartholowmew 266

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Title: A First Year in Canterbury Settlement With Other Early Essays

Author: Samuel Butler

Publication details: 1914, London

Part of: New Zealand Texts Collection

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