THE LATEST MAGAZINES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2459, 27 July 1922, Page 4

THE LATEST MAGAZINES.

We have received from the publishers (Messrs Gordon and Gotch, Aust. Ltd), per Mrs R. M. Parkes, the following latest magazines: Review of Weldon’s Bazaar of Children’s Fashions. —The new No. of Weldon’s Bazaar of Children’s Fashions is a splendid issue with gratis cut-out patterns enclosed for making a girl’s cretonne dress, sports coat, and a dress and coat, also a boy’s blazer, all for 12 to 14 years, and a Magyar dress and petticoat for a small girl, 4 to 6 years. Full details, with simple diagrams, are given, for making these styles, and the number also includes directions for a child’s crochet dress size 3 to 4 years, summer frocks for girls of all ages, dresses of cretonne and embroidery, holiday and seaside styles, the big girl and her frocks, boys’ sport suits —pyjamas and shirt, pretty hats for sunny days, bathing suits and beach cloaks, a baby’s short coating outfit, cookery for the children’s table, sets for the small folk, children’s Playtime Page with competition, simple slip-on coats, underclothing and nightwear, becoming coats and skirts, a smart blazer, etc. Just the very book for a busy mother. Review of Weldon’s Ladies’ Journal, July Number. —All the newest summer fashions from Paris are given in the July number of this journal, which has an exquisite photogravure supplement of the smartest Paris modes. The gratis cut-out patterns are for a lady’s blazer and sports skirt, a summer dress, three-piece suit, jumper slip, smart blouse and overdress —these being daintily illustrated in full colours on the cover. The fullest directions with diagrams are included in the number for cutting out and making up these designs. There is also a large transfer design enclosed for bead embroidery on dresses, bags, etc: and special features include instructions for knitting a lady’s silk jumper with crochet trimmings, fashions specially designed for Madame, dainty frocks for garden parties and afternoon concerts, popular styles in cretonne, washing frocks for the new .fabrics, simple wear for country and seaside, new lingerie, bewitching blouses and jumpers, the latest bathing dresses, how to dress the hair, a man’s blazer and flannel trousers, smart hats in the making, the bride’s trousseau, new idea for a wedding cake, a summer-time lunch menu, children’s page with prize competition, lovely gowns for the races, “Paris Notes,” useful skirts, tailored costumes and slipon coats, pretty designs for girls in their teens, how to make a loose cover for a Chesterfield couch, etc. The Grand.—“ Smiler Bunn,” one of the most popular figures in magazine fiction, makes his appearance in this magazine, July number, and his return will be welcomed by many readers in New Zealand who have laughed over the adventures of this amusing old rascal. The striking coloured cover illustrates a thrilling Derby story by Edgar Wallace, “White Stockings,” and there are stories by Eden Phillpotts, Ellis Parker Butler, A. G. Greenwood and others. “The Lighter Side of Things” and “Stars of the Stage and Screen,” both illustrated sections, assist in making the “Grand” a really good number. The London Magazine.—The July issue of this magazine, bound in a dainty coloured cover, is a splendid number full of interesting articles and high class fiction. In “Footlights and Strawberry Leaves” Lady Angela Forbes writes entertainly of stage favourites who have married into the peerage. Mr B. I. C. Norton, the twenty-one year old winner of All Comers Singles Championship at Wimbledon, contributes an article “From Novice to Champion,” illustrated with photographs showing his most famous strokes, that will be read with great interest by tennis enthusiasts. Among the many writers of note who are represented in July “London” are Bill Adams, the newly discovered writer of sea stories, John Buchan and Ellis Parker Butler, while the pictures in photogravure, showing the Thames from the Cotswold to the Nors, and the illustrated review of the latest musical romance at Daly’s Theatre, “The Lady of the Rose” are very acceptable features. The “London” is a magazine one can recommend.

The Red Magazine.—This magazine, worthy companion to the “Yellow,” continues to hold its place among the English fiction magazines. Many, of the leading authors of the day are regulars contributors to this magazine and the issue of June 9th is well up to the standard set in previous numbers, A fine boxing story entitled “The Man they called Gladys,” by T. C. Wignall, holds pride of place in June 9th number, which also contains a short story by Albert Dorrington, “The Heart of Wing Moon” anil many others by popular writers. Edmund Snell .contributes another episode of “The Amazing Adventurer” and Ethel M. Dell’s romance “Charles Rex” is continued.

\ The Premier Magazine.—The May 30th number of this magazine introduces a new serial by Roland Pertwee, “Men of Affairs.” It is featured as a “story of thrills” and j judging from the opening chapters ithe claim is correct. “The Death Spar” by J. Russell Warren, “ In the I'l’og” by Alexander Hull and “'Woman Courage” by C. Patrick Thompson are a trio of good stories jwhilst “Moving Pictures,” a new story of “The Old Firm,” and “Roland Takes up Art” provide plenty lof laughs. The Premier is frankly jja fiction magazine and a trusty Companion for a fireside read.