"New Zealand Illustrated" 1904.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 229, 1 October 1904, Page 2

"New Zealand Illustrated" 1904.

I "A magnificent array of pictuics j and coloured' plates" js the impress sion U'ftj upon the mind by a cur- ! sory inspection of "New Zealand illustrated," the Christmas number of the Weekly Press," p, copy of which lias reached us. original artist work, the very choic-i e. u it of phutogmpha, a™l the ucmo of engraving, combiine, with tasteful antd exjK-nsdve lithography, to produco the effect thus "described. Four presentation plates are given with the number. "A Warm Pay," Mr C. F. (101-die's study pf a Maqvi, is a work 0 f colonial reputatiqn, and it is perfectly reproduced, lmving 1 received nine printings. Equal value will 'be attached to Mr W. A. llowring'tt Maori picture, "Love at First Sight," the same artist's "Antics in the Antarctic" (which lia» caught the true ligiht-ihearteid Christmas; sp.'iit), and live happy, photograph, " Our Girl," while the two-page picture in colours, "Maoris of the with its beautiful rendering of New Zealand flowers as decoration#, and Uve elaborate "Washiftg l IVv at Wnaka," will please everybody. The illustrations seem to cover the whole colony, and reveal a wualth of beauty which must be seen to he npj»n>riatp(l. Especially must we commend Mr Chas. M. Phillips l ' Maori studied, and the lovely Alpine scejvvy. The letterpress is most interesting. Altogether tho number ia a shilling's worth whoso like cannot be purchased from anyone but the Ohristohurch Press Co-