Book Review

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 16, 31 October 1930, Page 7

Book Review

A NZ: Annual

DISTINCTIVE note has been struck in the "Mxporter Annual," a publication of interest to town and country dwellers alike. In the 190 pages that comprise this magazine are found all aspects of New Zealand life, and the topics have been treated with a freshness that surpasses anything of its kind that we have seen. Contributing to this work are literally hundreds of writers, and their contri_dutions range from short stories down if to jokes and cooking recipes, Every "phase of the Annual is New Zealand produced, and there is certainly nothing that has been published in any form previously. Although the contributions are drawn from such a wide source, there is nothing that flavours of second rate. The whole volume teems with interest from the first to the last page. It is profusely illustrated with a type of work that is not usual in New Zealand publications, there being both black-and-white drawing and a special photographic . section. This latter calls for special commendation as it is * quite off the beaten track and is contributed to by amateur photographers all over the country. The cover design has also been selected from a large number of entrants, and is of remarkably high standard. For literary and artistic merit we can conceive of little better value than the "Exporter Annual."