Te Rou Or, The Maori at Home. A Tale, Exhibiting the Social Life, Manners, Habits, and Customs of the Maori Race in New Zealand Prior to the Introduction of Civilisation Amongst Them

"A series of set pieces based on the life of a Māori tribe in the Hokianga region. Much on love, war and cannibaliam, presented by named characters within a pattern of Victorian expression and convention, which the numerous footnotes and elaborate textual explanaions of custom humanise only in part. Intended to be the first of a series. Revenge (W1065) was the only (posthumous) sequel"--Bagnall.