AUSTRALIA AND THE “MISSING LINK.”

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9352, 22 January 1909, Page 7

AUSTRALIA AND THE “MISSING LINK.”

A week or Jtwo back the cables announced that “the missing link” bad been discovered in France, and a great many queries were raised as to the value of the discovery. It is not very clear, indeed, to the lay mind what the so-called missing link is; but Professor Berry, of the Melbourne University, contributes a very clear and informative articlejon the subject to the February issue of “Life” just published. Professor Berry explains in lay terms what science knows of the origin of man, and points out why Australia ought to take a keen active interest in the subject. Charles Barrett, who accompanied the recent expedition to Baas Straits Islands in the interest of Nature-study, tells, in the first of a series of beautifully illustrated articles, how the members of the party fared, the hardships they endured, and the treasures they secured. These hunters of wild birds Went armed witb all varieties of camera, from the pocket apparatus to the cinematograph, and brought back abundant records. Side by side with Mr Barrett’s story is the ao count of the life of an whose perilous business it is to penetrate the depths of African forests, and shoot the elephant, the rhinoceros, and the hippopotamus for the sake of their tusks. The* writer is a man who has spent a lifetime at the game, and not only knows it from A to Z, but can write of it in a fascinating manner. By way of contrast to these open-air articles “Life” prints ( a second chapter from the autobiography of John D. Rookfeller, who writes this month on*the subject of Sentiment in Business. Dr. Fitoheti} contributes the first part of a fine article on the Eureka Stockade, a contribution to historical literature that should be read by every Australian, young and old. Dr. Fitchett, also as usual, writes a delightfully crisp, comprehensive review of the political world at home and abroad, and displays his customary judgment in putting together a dozen departments of a magazine that is growing more valuable with each issue;