KEEPING ABREAST OF THE WAR

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 18 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, in three sections, a masterly summary of the fighting of the month, hy Dr Fitchett, in which that brilliant writer describes the warfare in the trenches, the battles on the seas, and, finally, indicates in which direction the stream is running. To supplement this main statement of the 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 among " 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 Battle-fields," a review of the book of the' month ; " How tha Germans laid their Plans for the Naval Raids " ; and "The Infantryman's Fighting Tools," being a more or less technical description of how trench warfare is conducted. We are glad to 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," be it a dog-kennel or a dining-room suite.

" Life" is sold everywhere for sixpence. If it is unobtainable locally, readers cannot do better than send 1/6 in stamps or postal notes to T. Shaw Fitchett, 376 Swanson Street Melbourne, for three months' trial subscription. The current " Life" will come by return, post free, and two other war issues as as soon as published. We are confident that any reader who thus tries "Life" for three months will find that it becomes a monthly necessity.