NOW PUBLISHED.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 290, 5 December 1894, Page 2

NOW PUBLISHED.

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"ICZ. Graphic

CHRO3M>a£THO. PAaTOfiAMA* 0» "DUNEDINA

HAOTCI SCENES, BY EUSfKJfin|

WATKIN.

OTHER PICTURES BY WBLIr

KNOWN ARTISTS.

mew - persons, even the; most ; wpttast criticß"wiif,Jwatmagfoe,.deny that'netting. to- compare with- the Chriatmojrnwnhw of the NewZflaland-*jQraphio"*haff%vßrbe«n issued* m tho colonies. The pictures we ao numerous and sorperfecb'bhab the publlo», Mon may Bafely CHALLENGE OBJTKfIHM. AKD ZTTVTH- 00M« PAKISOIT WITH Airr-eTOiCOTOTBtf \" , PRornrariotf, -..^.. .A From the cover design espacially'draw^ by Air Hawcridge, the weft-known Danedh. irbist, tbeChrißtmas "Graphic"lsa-eerici of beautiful and original piotareg foow sketches by tbe most eminent illustrator! in the colony and from exquisite phofe&J graphs. The largo picture this year is aM | ••SPLENDIDTANORAMA OP"DTIHEDIIir:HAMOUa and cirr.V ; "'A. This pictnre"'"ia a companion •' to' thou! previously issued of Auckland' and Wellington, bub, an practice makeM perfect, the panorama of "DiraadW shows a considerable advance hi bbc art of property combining'the oolobm, with the Teaulb tbab the pictnre is softer and more artistic than any of its prede-l cesßors. There aro four smaller coloured! pictures. Specially-interesting to Auckland) will be the

BEAUTIFUL COLOURED PLATES OF ALBTOx] PARK, LAKE BEACH, TAKAPUNA,. AND THx] AUCKLAND HARBOUR.-; A j All ':■ these are from pictures,, specially' painted for the publication by Mr Kenneth Watkins. They are all good, and the- Btndy of the Auckland' Harbour in the brilliant sunshine of a

rammer day,, will be especially ad-i mired. A.fine whole page .colouredplate Is devoted to Wellington, andanottwr finoi picture is il(

ON THE AVON, CHRISTCHURCH, , an extremely pretty bib of river scenery, verynicelycolonred,.but to many persona, especially those persons who bave an even greater affection for engravings than coloured pictures, the chief beautyrof the Christmas "Graphic^" will bethe ,-wi»« SUPERB BLACK AND WHITE ,PHOTOGRAVUM( PICTURES. These, we may say ab once, challenge comparison with anything to be found in my illustrated publication in the world. Notable amongst them are the. excellent pictures ■> ■ -..-■ <&&'] "'A' "CHRISTMAS AT ROTORUA/ there are bhree beautiful pictures in -thia! leries, occupying, wibh the description, hrol pages of the "Graphic." Tbe one pietsursj Illustrates . . .-•■'•■- ■•...- HAULING. UP THE CHRISTMAS PUDDING Ajj WHAKAREWAREWA. ,"'.,.''.''.'; It is a most spirited composition. The] Illustration conveys a good idea of bhab'" most exciting-time, when the puddings art.' being drawn out of tbe natural boilers, and I when the anxious and hungry crowd art rather impatiently waiting for thi'pj^Bgijjji leasb. In the background are Beev?jJJ9 geysers, the clouds uf steam, and all bhe wondera of that strange ; placi; pbile tho whole picture, is full.pf lU^,Sx}i animation—Maori life and essentially Maori jmimabion. Tbe artisb is Mr Watking, Whose knowledge of Maori life and character have made him estremely fortanato 'M this picbure. hamurewa stream Is anotherfinenphobogravare, and a fine : SENERAL VIEW OF LAKES ROTORUA, RQTOIH,j AND DISTRICT. [f,.hcwever, we were asked which weretbi Inoat beautiful of the " Graphic?* picture^ ne palm would'probably ba with THE EXQUISITE PHOTO-JSNGRATH.CS OP 1 WANGANUI RIVER. No more beautiful pictures than'then* ian be imagined. They are_so'wßll ohoW-J so gracefully arranged, and eo'perfeeblyTpj produced, that if the Christmas "Graphfcn iependedon these, alone, tbe Bale wonja be enormous. Very hard upon tbe««,j however, is the ; LOVELY PICTURE OF SHEERDOWN HILL,- ' MILFORD SOUND. ' f This photogravure is from a photograph] imbelltshed wibh an -exceedingly beautifoß border of New Zealand wild flowers painbeqJ »y Mr Kenneth Watkins. It is one of tha nost artistic pictarea'-in " half-tone" w$ iave ever seen. "AN ASSAULT ON-. AORANGI" A ,-, b the title given to somt. finely reproduce.^ pictures of alpine scenery. THE WEST COAST GORGES Orm the subject on a splendid page ofi riews drawn by.Mr O.Kerry, the admirably iconic artist who has left New Zealand. " I THE RECREATION GROUNDS, NEW H.YMODTH»| ifford two illustrations of the higM maliby, and the good folk of Hawkes Ba* nusb be hard to please if they do not <;re£tt| s run on the paper in return for the GRAND PAGE OF NAPIRR VIEWS IN ' ' PHOTOGRAVURE. ' '«' '

Then there is the prize story ,V^ ft»^ /fith its fine full-page illustrations by ***} »eth Watkins, •' HUNTING THE MOA " i>eing a fine study of old time Maoriiandj) in ■ '' '* . EXQUISITE VIEW ON THE WAJXMO tvill commend itself bo all artistic'ririndi M i particularly perfect scene. The letWN press is throughout excellent, and tna number as a whole ia an- tawftor,» «^ jolony. A