PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4570, 30 May 1923, Page 4

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED

ISSUES REVIEWED. A number of current magazines and fashion journals are just to hand from the publishers. "The Wide World" is a magazine for men. This number is a specially good one in honour of the occasion of its 25th birthday. Readers should not miss ‘‘The Coughlin Case" and •really remarkable narrative on the exciting continuation of “A Soldier of Fortune.” Older readers will be interested in an article, “Looking Backwards," which reviews the history of “The Wide World," while “The Tobacco Smugglers of the Belgium Border" will cause people who thought, that s nuggling on a big scale was dead to en their eyes in astons’nneiit “Kidnapped by the Garilleros" comes from the pen of: ’William Wardale. The narrative is authentic, and sets forth the remarkable experiences that befell the British administrator of a large sugar estate in the turbulent West Indian island of Santo Domingo. There are many other interesting articles in this number. Another favourite is “The Grand," and this great Easter Holiday number is more than worth the price asked for it, containing as it does 125 pages of matter, including illustrations. The contents comprise a long complete novel by Mrs C. N. Williamson, “The Silence of Jenny Mills." It is a stirring narrative, and holds the reader’s interest from the start. There are some sixteen stories in this issue by leading'magazine writers.

“The Novel” for March is one of the finest fiction magazines published, and is by no means new to the public. “Desert Love,” which tells how Diana found romance, has its setting in Egypt, and is full of incident. This is by D. D. Calhoun. Other good writers contribute the following: “The Old Brown Dressing-gown," oy Ruby M. Ayres “Bill Heenan Conquers Fate,” in which pluck and endurance tells, by W. S. McNutt; “The Mysterious Millionaire,” a splendid serial of intrigue and romance, by E. Phillips Oppenheim; and others. “The Detective,” although the youngest of the family of magazines, is a big rival to the older contemporaries. This number has a continuation of the serial “The Man who lost an hour.” This is a grippinginstalment of a dramatic serial story of London’s underworld. “The Final Witness,” in which a great. Cuban hound bays eerily as his black shape flits in and out of this mysterious tale, will be lead with much interest, “The Detective” throughout is a splendid publication,, full of mystery, romance, and adventure.

“The Violet” is packed with tales of love and romance, amongst which are “The Night. Nurse," “The Message of Fear,” “The Connecting Link,” “The Man Next Door,” “Bub 12 Months Wed.”

Harmsworth’s “Red” is always good, and contains nothing stale. It possesses just that individual touch which gives it character and lifts it out of the ordinary run of fiction. “The Green,” which is also published by the same office, is on the same level of excellence, and is fast becoming sought afteir. The third instalment of “The Impossible Brute” is a great attraction in this issue.

“Weldon’s Ladies’ Journal,” May 'number, 15, a delightful issue, containing all the latest styles from London and Paris and new novelties now in vogue. The free patterns enclosed are a three-piece suit and a French nightdress, and the gratis transfer is for the new embroidery on dresses, etc. included in the number is a magnificent art supplement of Paris fashions, a millinery lesson (how to make bows and cockades, the new crepe paper hats), and a host of 1 other

useful information. The May number of “Weldon’s Bazaar of Children’s Fashions” is a wonderfully helpful book for the mother who makes her children’s clothes at home. The gratis patterns enclosed are a girl’s wrap coat, 12 to 14 years ; a long-waisted dress, dainty frock and magyar dress, 4 to, 6 years ; boy’s overall and knickers, 1 to 2 years, and all the newest and pretiest wear for children.