"A Little of the Future of the North of Auckland"

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Title"A Little of the Future of the North of Auckland"
Year for Search1884
Authors[Fairburn], [Edwin](1827-1911)
Tertiary AuthorsMohoao, [pseud.].
Secondary TitlePrologue Written in 1884
Pagination25-32
Date Published[1884]
PublisherH. Brett, General Steam Print
Place PublishedAuckland, New Zealand
KeywordsAotearoa New Zealand author, Male author
Annotation

Description of the future of the area North of Auckland as a eutopia based on developing its agricultural potential. See also 1867 Fairburn. There is also a non-utopian The Ships of the Future. Being an Epilogue to The Ships of Tarshish. By "Mohoao" [pseud.]. Auckland, New Zealand: Np, [1889] (ATL).
Info Notes

The "Prologue" is to his The Ships of Tarshish: A Sequel to Sue's "The Wandering Jew". By Mohoao [pseud.]. London: Hall & Co., 1867. The Prologue says that only a few copies of the 1867 ed. were sold. The author retrieved the unsold copies in 1884 and wrote the Prologue.
Pseudonym

Mohoao [pseud.].
Holding Institutions

ATL, DU-Ho
Author Note

Aotearoa/New Zealand author (1827-1911).
Full Text

[1884] [Fairburn, Edwin] (1827-1911). “A Little of the Future of the North of Auckland.” In his Prologue Written in 1884 (Auckland, New Zealand: H. Brett, General Steam Print, [1884]), 25-32 to his The Ships of Tarshish: A Sequel to Sue’s “The Wandering Jew”. By Mohoao [pseud.]. London: Hall & Co., 1867. The Prologue says that only a few copies of the 1867 ed. were sold. The author retrieved the unsold copies in 1884 and wrote the Prologue. ATL, DU-Ho

Description of the future of the area North of Auckland as a eutopia based on developing its agricultural potential. See also 1867 Fairburn. There is also a non-utopian The Ships of the Future. Being an Epilogue to The Ships of Tarshish. By “Mohoao” [pseud.]. Auckland, New Zealand: Np, [1889] (ATL). Aotearoa/New Zealand author.