Booklet, Three Literary Papers
Maker
Colenso, William
Daily Telegraph
Production date
1883
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Booklet containing three literary papers by William Colenso that were read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute during the session of 1882:
Paper I. On Nomenclature. Part I. On Matters Relating to the Māori Tongue. 1. Of Errors on the part of Foreigners and Colonists, arising from their ignorance of the Māori language; especially of Māori proper names of person, places and things; 2. Of pure Māori names, and of their derivation, early given by the Māoris themselves to introduced European novelties. By William Colenso. Read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, 10 July 1883.
Paper II (in continuation). 3. Of the unmeaning gibberish, or broken-English words and phrases, now used by the Government and by the colonists in their higher transactions with the Māori. Part. II. On certain Colonial alterations and innovations made in the English and other Western languages. By William Colenso. Read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, 11 September 1882.
Paper III. A few remarks on the hackneyed quotation of MacCaulay's New Zealander. By William Colenso. Read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, 12 June 1882.
There is a printed letter written by William Colenso to the members of the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute adhered to the inside back cover of the booklet. The letter is addressed and dated Napier, 14 September 1883. It concerns three unpublished papers on nomenclature of Māori names of places and things, mistakes made by authors on New Zealand, and Macaulay's New Zealander, and states that they will be printed and distributed to respondents of the letter only, and not made public.
Paper I. On Nomenclature. Part I. On Matters Relating to the Māori Tongue. 1. Of Errors on the part of Foreigners and Colonists, arising from their ignorance of the Māori language; especially of Māori proper names of person, places and things; 2. Of pure Māori names, and of their derivation, early given by the Māoris themselves to introduced European novelties. By William Colenso. Read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, 10 July 1883.
Paper II (in continuation). 3. Of the unmeaning gibberish, or broken-English words and phrases, now used by the Government and by the colonists in their higher transactions with the Māori. Part. II. On certain Colonial alterations and innovations made in the English and other Western languages. By William Colenso. Read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, 11 September 1882.
Paper III. A few remarks on the hackneyed quotation of MacCaulay's New Zealander. By William Colenso. Read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, 12 June 1882.
There is a printed letter written by William Colenso to the members of the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute adhered to the inside back cover of the booklet. The letter is addressed and dated Napier, 14 September 1883. It concerns three unpublished papers on nomenclature of Māori names of places and things, mistakes made by authors on New Zealand, and Macaulay's New Zealander, and states that they will be printed and distributed to respondents of the letter only, and not made public.
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1883
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Grey paper cover, with addendum, a yellow sheet of paper inside front cover, pages printed in black ink, bound through spine by string.
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Height x Width: 244 x 154mm
Signature/Inscription
For the Reading Room of the Athenaeum / from the Author., Inscription, Handwritten
HAWKES BAY / ART SOCIETY / This Book must / not be taken away, Bookplate, Printed
H.B. ART GALLERY & MUSEUM, Stamp, Stamped
HAWKES BAY / ART SOCIETY / This Book must / not be taken away, Bookplate, Printed
H.B. ART GALLERY & MUSEUM, Stamp, Stamped
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1883
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Pam C4 Col, 1883, 57632
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