PICTURES OF THE WEEK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 105, 4 May 1900, Page 2

PICTURES OF THE WEEK.

"GRAPHIC" CURRENT NUMBER

OVER FIFTY ILLUSTRATIONS

The leading local features in the "Graphic" this week are the splendid i photogravures taken of the veterans '! at Lord Ranfurly's "At Home." These, together with a full account of the entertainment, and those who took part in it, make up a singularly interesting' record of a unique event. Not ! only the veterans, but all their friends ; and the general public should procure copies of the journal for the sake of these pictures. The second local feature of the number is the series of pictures showing the' different precautions taken here to exclude the possibility of plague. The war pictures this week are peculiarly worthy of notice. There are some sixteen beautiful engravings of the provision made for the sick and wounded in South Africa. A magnificent full-page drawing depicts one of the most heroic episodes in the war, while another shows a column in the act of marching into very hot action, in which case it is the custom of the men to wave goodbye to their comrades in reserve. Growers of chrysanthemums will find special interest in an article describing how to grow these beautiful flowers large and in profusion without resorting to the methods of those who grow for show only. The article is accompanied by some fine illustrations. The Paris Exhibition, the Great Fire in Ottawa, the Indian Famine, the Defence of Kimberley, and the Native Funeral Customs afford subjects for a wealth of miscellaneous illustration. The reading matter of the journal is, as usual, copious in quantity and firstclass in quality.