LITERARY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 149, 23 June 1906, Page 10

LITERARY.

I The "Pall Mail Magazine" for June ! opens with an article on ''Edwin Drood," j and the last days «f Charles BickenSby his younger daugiter. Kst-3 Peru- • . gird. The writer, tor reasons which she ! ; enters fuEy into, is disposed to reject tbe complex and subtle of j : the various writers resardimi the pro- " r j , babi? ending of the story, ani j j that hei father intended it to have as j ending less complicated, although quite I ;as inter .---ting, as any that are srag- i - gested. She pistes great reliance upon i tje staterrenis made by John Forster on this subject, affirming that Mr Fors- I ter always possessed her father's en- j lire confidence. The article is illustra- | . tt-d by several fine photographs of places connected with ihe story, and with the closing Jays of her father's Life. Mr- Per-ijTCii's memories of the ■ suad?n eE'Lng of this brilliant career , are pathetic, sad will be read with in- . tense merest by admirers of th.c crest novelist. "A Ps-ister of tbe Ses»"' introduces us to the work of Mr Napier Hemy, A.iLi, whose career and work and home surroundings are treated Lv an appreciative critic Part IL of '"Raoui. of Fomane." by H. C. Bailey, narrate* further stirring events in ihe Low Countries, and Co_7 mander McTurk passes throush more strange adv- rjt:ires. The R t . Hon. John Bum?. M.P.. discusses the problem of dealing with the eonsest<»d street traffic of London: the ~re-at city, it j* said, is invaded every day by a nii'iion and a quarter or workers. There are several o"'ier excellent articles and short stories. A new •-Yachting Monthly." which. judging /rem the initial number, pro nr_=r- to take a foremost place ia the., Lis; o: publication* devoted i • aquatic' sports. Li.-, been issued from the office of -The Field." London. It<? iron:;-- ; piece ii de-.0.e-d io -a por-ruu of Krna { Ed.rsri VI;.. Admiral of ih? Royal Yaehc : ami in th" course of'.tn arti'-i ■ a the Kind's ■f:r a c; a.* a '■ . -••"V.-.raan. ii mentioji 3 thai ..i-----i-'e-- yac'a: BriLa.nni-' —• as t c l#e;-_ . ya.hi oi" her .-.;.e -■-er In uv^. j • csc? ~-.f yon '-:? in £I> f- a---.,. prize* - .■ • j~ imuunt of 1.-.vM/j i"i • aiu*». A ;'u_ \\t _re i»f Lord . is also gi.en. .i.h an _r-ooun; written by this \t-vraa \ aaht—oan a* the lc-ir o: the :"• ;ai oamiy Hook :o the Liza-d. for the German j Emperors cup, DOj. Tlie number con- | ruins maar pictures of modern yachts, '.nd motor vessel-. aiso detail? of j. design f-r the 15-metre eia-ss boat. ', ".chretaer with numerous icenis oi current yachtit.g ne^s. i "Life for .Time, in it? notes on Anstra- ; las»an topics, devotes a consid:rable amount of space to Mr. Seddon's Anstra--lan vi«it. which the alitor describes rs " re-emblmjr nothing so much as the su-d- : tVn appearand of an ei.-ctr.c ed in a ! nuiet pond where a number of fat and large- trent are Elnrnbering." With reirard to re'i-ra: po ! :ti<-=. th-e =«t->p writer : visibly westfiiM by the attitude of the - , i-afjour parry, in \.ew of ;..e app: (iec-.iot:- 1 . : sd <*.-.. -.- »nt rnal dissensions. . In eennection with Dr. Danysz's microbes for the destruction of rabbit-, it is asserted tliat an r ciive of rabbits can nmltiply in eighteen months r --\ 1.5-00.000. 'md that ia Victoria adone l40.O;"K).0O0 rabbits are kilied every year, and stdl ] the furry armies multiply. In \"ictoria tbe carrying capacity of land i.- reduced • ity tbepj at least 20 ot cnt. and in New ; >ou"b Wales 40 per een + : rabbits, in a i I word, co?t Victoria a year: cost Ne _ South Wales very tnurj i more. Tbe tpa.cfzin; contains & \\r c ? : budget of •nrll-assc-rted oripnal and ex-i tract matter. ji. The *"Xev7 Tde-3" -'or T ane • u">ii-" •:•; *'<■& oration delivered by D-. ' v " r ~. K. Fit- 7 I ch::t on Empire Day. :a •': - To«ti Hall. 7 Melbourne, which ass specially written (• for tae Australian National Women"-, Learne. In i" Tn. >"2t--het: declare-* \\ i'_at ""the ror>ie=t thing to be saki aboa; h he BritWi. FLmpixe to-day is that, b-?- I. yond aav otbtr knatm in history, i: .-j siiT— ly O'-jrirm-r.r to renert oi'.x,sr.'= ', rdeals; jjer hatred of vice, her pi:y for ! :he -Reak. her cat? for childhood, her | loyalty to justice, her rnrift response "o j every call of humanity.*" In the '" National Review" for May | Captain A. T. Mahan contributes """N>me | Reflections Upon the Far Eastern V, ar." The writer enters at considerable length into the controversy -whether Russia should have jx-ndei so much strength in defer, and -Tars- in attacking Port Arthur and he advances reasons j why b?th c-r.nntr'e; Tvere justified ;- th. j tsctics they adopted. He also concludes j that " the experience of this i.var has confirmed the supremacy of the battle- i ship relative to the control of the- sea. j which is the great object of —_r- ! fare: and the f>rped-' vessel has; achieved less than expected—at j least outside of naval circles Sir Row- j j land Blennerhasset gives ac intere-stins account, of thp " G-er.e.-;s of Itaiiin j Unity.'' Mr. Lucas makes a j teliins attack upon "The \ alue of s j Public School Education." He declares I that, after rass-'ng .hrough Eton and | Cambridge, he left to take up w-ork in ! London, and to discover to his horro- | that he -a-s ~ ss ignorant a* the bers"that nerish." Mr. A. Maurice Low's re- j view of American affairs is specially in- j terestrr.g this month. He states that ! j " America :* now about to mt'-r on one ] tof those politico-s.xial phases thst have j Is" "ften befo _ c ams-zei the world. h:s j i chief for this prediction, which j Ihe supports at some length, is tae active i j f.Hiar.c-e of President Roosevelt with tb? j j Radical elements in the wastry, -which j. may bad to a comple'e reorr".nidation of pol'tical parties. " Our Pp7>CTil Omi- ' rn:?sioner~ a eonspwuonslt i w eil-infonned axticie -=sit.h the sent" - c?. ' j"'Russia i- oa the eve of a radk-a' j i change." His sb?s review of th? eon- ' j stittitiDn of "he contetiiir;? parties; j which are creatine 2 eotdition :', .-curable to naT-ona! revolt, uircws much I lisht upon the present dist— state i iof the country. Tn an article on - Imj perial Co-c-peratior.." H. -J. Wickham : land 3. F. Wyatt that the Home , Gcvernment should spproach tbe Go-i ! vernment; of the seli'-govcrnicg crioiues j with a view to the consideration of a ! plan _nd.tr which these respe-rtive Go- ; ! ventments should build and equip cer- I j tain vessels. Ihe " Revie-w 3 contains j I several other interesting articles on : ! current topics. Ameag these one of tne ' ' most notable is Major Baden-PoweiTs ; account cf the progress of the Syins ! maShine which he says has now become 1 a factor to be taken into account in j j military seontiag. j