AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1084, 27 May 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)

AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE.

i • THE AUSTRALIAN* WOMAN'S : M' !*;!;•-".•■:; 'MAGAZINE, ■' ■' ' ;"' fl^ .''•'We have received the first number of 'this excellent mngazine (published on April Ist), .and to be issued monthly, the bead' office 'teing at 83 Queen street, Melbourne,' but issued simultanepuely in', all .'the' colonies. The p'rice'h' siipen'de,' We'can vfritei /in the highest praise, andwithout'any stint, of this lasfadciitipn jtli qurcolotiiiil contains 32 4to pages, a fashion plate/aiid'a J popular, song.; and, .botVin printing and general got-up, it compares ..m'ist'fai/or' ably with" home publications,'" Amongst'its literary contents may be enumerated primarily the'sto'ries, of Which there are nine, all fou'pded' l o'n colonial incidents, the •p" ride of face being given tothe" The Widow Blane" (a 'continued " Tale of the Times," inline bha'pters). bj>N. ! Walter Swan; -"TheGenii of the Trees." is a prettily conceived sketch. Of the poetry "Jealousy, or the. Story! of (Edon/bV F, ,W; Scriv'enor, and''"Our 'Cb'risttria's'Box," by 6. N. 0.; may be ape. cially noted." Perhaps, the most important artioles'affeoting the interests of Australian women are 'those on "A remedy fortoo lone hour! in stiops," ; 'by David' Blair; and "Woman," by the Editress.' Among 'the miscellaneous contents' are.''.' Fashion'. and "Fancy-work 1 Notes,"'"Morning Visits,'l "The Cuisine," "The' Library aid Studio," "Answers to Correspondents,"!ahd; "Sales Column."' We' wish all the' succesito this new venture that it deserves; and to; give a sample .of ■ its'contents to our readeri'we reprint in this issue the poem, 1 •' Jealousy, or the.Story of CEdon," the tale" Kitty's "Ef periment,"&o',', &o, .' ' ■'/;]'.