Book - Emma Etta Neville; 'Life's Work As It Is'; Sampson Low; Son & Marston; London; 1867; Book entitled 'Life's Work As It Is; or; The Emigrant's Home in Australia. By A Colonist'; written by Emma Etta Neville; and published by Sampson Low; Son & Marston; London; 1867. Emma Etta Neville appears to have lived in South Australia for several years and her stated aim is to dispel the myths about Australia and present it as a settled; civilised country; vast and full of working people