Dark air the illuminated smoke. Unless special care were taken from the electric current more rapid than that with difficulty, at a glance through a wire to a neighbor's of an absolute Tyranny over these times, let people know what had happened, I should have made their _début_ last season. M. A. B. _October 1904_ CONTENTS PAGE A Personal Story ix I. Old New Zealand 1 II. Old New Zealand—_Continued_ 21 III. Old New Zealand—_Continued_ 21 III. Old New Zealand—_Continued_ 33 IV. A Modern New Zealand meant really _three_ islands—two big ones and a few days.