New Publications

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1, 4 January 1906, Page 6

New Publications

The Christmas number of ' Cassell's Magazine,' which we have received from Messrs. CasseU and Co. Ltd Melbourne, is one of the most interesting of the publications issued in connection 'with the festive season. Among the contributors are some of the best known English writers, such as H. Rider Haggard Harry Furniss M. E. Braddon, and Arnold Whit? In addition to articles on various topics there are half a dozen complete stones as well as the opening chapters of an African romance, which gives promise of being one of Mr ,?.ISt™?ps ,f W °^ kS - , The ma Sazine is abundantly illustrated, and on the whole well maintains its reputation for high literary excellence. Accompanying it are or° D "S P wo°rk OO S graVUreS rCpresentin S scenes from some.

rumhP W fh books . + worl P ° n gardening are without number but the majority of them, having been written for other climes and conditions, are of little practical «fn f *?P Pe HPI?H Pl ? of Ne ™ Zealand. ThiscanSot be FT 5 ww a rde . nin S. ln New Zealand 'by Mr. M. Murphy, * .L.fc>. When the first edition appeared some years ago it was at once recognised that the author had supplied a long-felt want, as it contained information exactly suited to the requirements of this Colony, and that in language that was easily understood by the merest novice m matters horticultural The popularity of the m,°™ i \ VGr S - nCG J een steadil 7 growing, and now the publishers have issued a fourth edition, which has been a most entirely re-written and brought up-to-date, anS for the first time illustrated throughout. All sections ? an S d a nn n f man r , a S era 55 K nt are deal * with from a practical standpoint and in the same simple style and language nonuLr nTh S ° mat f ial^ to mak e former editions fo ?3it Vail ? sub J ects + are arranged in a manner that cannot fail to convey the necessary information to the most inexperienced In the present edition the author has considerably enlarged upon operations in the greenSfffti V1 f nery> "J? ore J ard ; chapters on trees and shrubs Wr, Sh °H r Sm& li f ardens > an d on injurious insects have been added so that it is a most comprehensive and compact volume, full of information on every horticultural subject (Whitcombe and Tombs, Ltd, Christchurch. Pp. 312 ; cloth 3s Cd.) ' uriSTi ./" classes in the community-business men,, profestherein is tof, a .Varied • character, and mill be found to be of interest to all classes. It is a convenient and com! pact volume the matter well arranged; and the information carefully compiled and up-to-date;

1 The publication of- an advertisement \n a Catholic paper shows tshat the advertiser not onljr desires the patronage of Catholics but pays v tliem the compliment journal.' So says an esteemed and wide-awake American contemporary^ A word to the wise is sufficient.