When Men are Able to Fly.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 386, 6 November 1908, Page 4

When Men are Able to Fly.

October “Life” Is abreast tbc times with a fine cover design, showing the Zepperlin airship ooarinrr above a city that ia apparently being blockaded by a fl»et of bnttle■hips. The picture suggiwte the possibilities of the nee of airship* in future warfare. And inside is an article dealikg with the latest developments in aeroneauce. Conspicuous among other special illustrated articles ia this issue is a racy description of the great Franco-British Exhibition, written by she Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Sir Henry Weedon, who wae one of the Australian delegates to the Exhibit ion Then there is an amusing acoount, writ'- n and illustrated by Charles Natali (who has been on a visit to Australia from x 'p-.v York), of how he and a fellow artist t simy.jd through the bush for two days, seekii g a certain Golden Gully remembered fondly from childhood's days. Their adventures by the way, their failure tofi nd the lost paradise, and their final inglorious retreat, lire told of in Mr Natali’s characteristic style and lit up by a number of clever pen drawings. Dr Fitchett closes his thrilling account of the black war in Tasmania—one of the boat of chapters in Australasian history—and add, very considerably to our knowledge ou the subject of the settlement of that State. Pete Barnum, relative of the world-famous showman, tells how he traps wild horses, and gives some account of incidents in a life chat is full of excitement and danger W. A. Somerset writes a little sketch of the founding and the aims of the Royal Humane Society of Australia, nnd illustrates the story with the portraits of the heroes for 1907-8, and a series of llittle stories of the deeds that won the award On the fiction side, the October number is fairly stirong, first place being taken by Professor Dusen's solution of a myst ry that held the , detectives baffled j and by way of congtrast. a very funny story of the whitewashing and love-making of a bulloak-d’iver. The history of the month, ths book-notes, and th 3 dozen deparimenta into which the world's affairs are subdivided make this number, as usual, of very great value to the mau who wishes to keep up-to-date, and has uut a great deal of time to devote to study.