PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED

Otago Witness, Issue 2813, 12 February 1908, Page 70

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED

The Lone Hand for February has a remarkably clever frontispiece in colour, "An Australian Gin," by B. G. Minns. It is unnecessary to dilate on the native ugliness of the subieot. but a good deal might be said of the clever treatment, it has received. Frank Morton contributes a fairly-written article on the topic of the Dundonald 6urvivors under the title of

" Disappointment Island." illustrated by photographic reproductions, and a singularly absurd picture by Norman Lindsay. There is a very full programme of fiction, articles (illustrated and otherwise), verses, and the special feature, "For the Public Wood." which the Lone Hand exploits in relation to the adulteration of food. The cover is a remarkably pretty and alluring piect of coloua* work, and 1 charms the eye at once. In regard to the illustrations, they are curiously uneven, ~^and as absurd and inartistic in some instances as they are excellent and full of sterling merit in others. In the two pages of pen-and-ink sketches, entitled " A Scandal in the I'armyard," there is the perfection of humour.

The Red Funnel for Februa-ry opens with an article entitled " Impressions of Opotiki," which is distinctly readable, but scarcely alluring for " a take-off " to the general reader. '"For the Busy Man." "Interesting 1 Items From Every where," "The Stage," "'Our Choice of Books." and "Tales of Adventure in Real Life" all occupy their usual spare, with their customary variety of topics to be threshed but or glanced at. ae the ea^e may Kp. The serial stoi'v by "Alien" leads Ta& ■way in fiction, but is followed closely by

"Thp Thought, Machine." "The Radium Syndicate," and "The Tale of a Diamond V." all of which are presentable enono-h short stories. Under the title of " Old Creole Days " A. E. Trimble contributes a pleasant article on Cable, as a man and a novelist ; and, speaking 1 generally, the February number of the Red Funnel is a \prv creditable, if nor a brilliant, one.

The Triad for February has, as usual, criticism on thinors musical, artistic, and local, together with many w<?ll-cho c en selections and extracts from journalism and literature. There is also a little talo by Jb'rank Morton.

Dr Chase, the Bishop of Ely, who 13 known as the motoring bishop because of his fondness for travelling by motor-car, addressed an open-air audience of 15.000 people on Parker's Piece, at Cambridge, through a megaphone.

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