PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Otago Witness, Issue 2810, 22 January 1908, Page 75

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Th«- .International.— We .have received . from" Mr- T. Fisher Uhwin a cony of the. above new magazine; which, he- is- issuing tinder the editorhip of Dr,B,udolphe Broda. "A Review of theVWorld's Progress" is the sub-title," indicating the" special -class -of monthlies in which 'the International desires to be catalogued, and like every new magazine or review whiche ver was" started the editor claims for the International Review thai- -it will "mark- an "entirely; --new- dejparture in magazine"" "organisation, and .have "a wider scope than -has hitherto beenattempted in any periodical." . The list of -topics in this ' initiaL number is hensive . one, J and includes .'articles on •'Sweating arid the Minimum -Wage, by Sir Charles Dilke ; "The ■ Situation m South .Africa." by H. t. Outhwaite; "Imperial Federation," .T>y >Sir John Cockburn: "'Liberal' '- Catholics- -and the Encyclical," by Abbe Fraudet, etc.,' etc. Probably, however, the majority of readers will find, as we do, the most vitally interesting portion of the Review to lie within "that half which narrates the "Progress of the World," as exemplified in "The Editors Review of the Month." -It ia a wellwritten, comprehensive, and broad-mmded precis of the social, industrial, and political developments and aspects of the world — or rather that portion of it in which commerce,'and labour, and' capital, with small regard for kings 'and rulers, are trying to out the solution of .their mighty .problexes- o?o,SpcpTO<le. ; for tlie 'entire ;Oom-. plateness and reliability' of his • precis of the- world's pTogress-^which is, seriously. , considered, a pretty big order— the editorial foreword -sets forth that during the last five years a .careful search of .special correspondents from the five Continents nag resiilted'in the selection of 250 exceptionally qualified. writers, who will Tepoxt from their various centres not the "mere passing facts of the day but the really significant events which ipdicate the' trend of social -evolution. The International .Review is published monthly at .the price of Is net. The Lone Hand ,for January presents ■the same -pleasurable degree of technicaL excellence- which has marked its ,prede-. cessors, '".combined with the- full-blooded vitality <which is the distinctive note of its literary style. Individual interest attaches to the number from.the fact thati the. short story which won the £30 prize in the recent, competition's the first number in it. No one will deny that -the story in question,, "As it was in the Beginning, '. possesses euch marked individuality as jwill render it the subject of equally marked criticismfavourable or the reverse. The remaining contents of the magazine are varied— some stales, some yarns ("White Kiwis," to wit), some verses, an article or two, -a dialogue perhaps, * little sketch, a Bonnet, sometimes a, clever illustration; but that is only sometimes — fliough ihe cover yachting picture is a charming thing in colour, and the frontispiece by Julian Ashton is a very pleasing' sketch of St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney. -