Keeping Abreast of the War

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 4, 26 March 1915, Page 3

Keeping Abreast of the War

“ Life,” the popular Australasian magazine continues to provide a more comprehensive view of the progress of' the war than any magazine we know. The current (March) issue, for example contains, a masterly summary of the fighting of the month, by Dr. Fitehett, in which that brilliant writer describes the. warfare in the tranches, the battles on the seas, and finally, indicates in which direction the tream is running.

To supplement this main statement of position of the rival forces which, with its illustrations, occupies about one-fourth of the total issue of “ Life,” there are scores of articles, pictures, stories, and explanations, so that one feels after reading “Life,” that he is keeping well abreast of the progress of the tremendous struggle.

Conspicuous anion “ Life’s ’’ special articles are the following: “Snapshots of the Australian and New Zealand Forces in Egypt,” by a special correspondent;“ How the News is gathered from the Battlefield,” a review oi ‘.lie b >ok of the month ; “How tile Germans Laid The r Plans for the Naval Raids and “The Inf in try’s Fighting Tools,” being a more or less technical description of how trench warfare is conducted.

We are glad lo notice in “Life” a number of excellent poems on the war, including several noteworthy contributions by Australian writers. The science, literary, fictional, and sporting departments are fully maintained and a new series of lessons for beginners in carpentry is worth noticing by those —-and their number is rapidly increasing—who have discovered the sheer delight of pottering round a work bench and “ making things ” bo it a dog-kennel or a dining-room suite.

Wo are diffident that any reader who thus tries " Life” for threo months will find that it becomes a monthly necessity.