r EUSIKESS KCTICSS ________ ' WILL BE PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 28. "NEW ZEALAND ILLUSTRATED." THE WEEKLY PRESS CHRISTMAS NUMBER, 1899. STORIES BY THE LEADING AUTHORS OF THE DAY. MAGNIFICENT ILLUSTRATIONS OF NEW ZEALAND LIFE AND SCENERY The whole enclosed in a Handsome Coloured Wrapper of original design. COLOUBED SUPPLEMENT GRATIS with the CHRISTMAS NUMBER will be presented a splendid COLOURED SUPPLEMENT YOUNG "NEW ZEALAND-CRICKET IN A MINING TOWN," Specially painted for tbe "Weekly Press" from an original photograph, and lithographed in nine colours. Intending purchasers are requested to order early through their News agents, to avoid disappointment. Press Opinions on Last Year's Christmas Number of the "Weekly Press." From the "Photogram.'* (London). j with flowers, and the whole subject is treated The Christchurch-Press makes a great stride *? v «7 attractive fashion. It is noteworthy with its current Xmus number, and justifies j that, as in previous years, the work hos been its claim to be one of the most consistently entirely designed and executed on the Chnot-illust-uted of oil the many Annuals. Even the;?hurch Co. s premises. - large coloured supplement "A Maori Princess" p *£«- Ihe Australian Journal, is from a photographic original by Sarony, The Christmas number of tfce "Weekly Pros*' Auckland, and of tho hundred and seventy- stands high up in the ordec of excellence four illustrations in the text, every one is a ! amongst the severoi holiday publications. S«l----holf-tone, from a, photographic original. The | dom, indeed, has the exa__unation of oa lUuswhole production of the issue is local and is grated journal given us greater pleasure. From a wonderful example of the enterprise of the the iront page of the cover, which is o coloured New Zeolanders. representation of some New ZeoW birds, to — ~-,, *-~ l -.«•• • . /.- — , x the last page of advertisements, the lilus-ra-From "The Photo-Miniature (hew York). „, elkob ___ ,__■ workß of „ t T __ e letterThe photographers and process-workers of press consists of short stories by such WellAustralasia are so far removed from the pulse known writers as H. G. Wells, Conon Doyle, of American progress that their work has many c. J. Cutcliffe Hyne and Justin McCarthy, but features indigenous to the soil. Time Tr__, and the chief interest centres in the articles dtonly a very few years ago, when Australian scriptive of New Zealand; Mr Malcolm Boss work bore a distinct stamp of groping in- contributes "The Northern Alps of New Zm> experience, but the workers have been men of | land' and "Down the Wanganui River," a__d ability, and they have raised their work to __ r Walter Burke "Three Weeks on a Golden a position with the best. We have just re- Coast." All these ore profusely illustrated ceived a copy of the Christmas number of the with excellent half-tones from photographs by Christchurch (N.Z.) "Weekly Press," which the authors, who ore both prominent phoiotokes more tho form of a high-class illustrated graphers as well as experienced authors. than a mere news Bheet. It contains a descrip- Taken altogether, the number is one *hot must tion Of a visit to gold-fields in New Zealand, add to our knowledge of- New Zealand ond written and illustrated, by Walter ->urke, a stimulate a desire to visit the scenes so forphotographer whose work has for years been cibly described ond beautifully pictured. From "The practical Photographer." so judiciously so'-vt-d that in a glance at - * • A splendid illustrated sheet containing them one seems *.o grasp the entire spirit of excellent articles and fine lllustrotionOof cfcorthe land, its works, and inhabitants. Mr acieristic scenery in New Zealand. We novo Burke adopts the American plan of putting not seen anything so interesting lor a long full explanatory notes, where needful, under tune as this pictorial magazine, each picture. Throughout tho sheet, indeed, From "The Norwich Mercury." the illustrations indicate careful editing, not Vl __ tv other gida of the lobe hone of the numerous cuts appearing to be u _ ft noteworthy production, associated with superfluous. . , •„ . the work of a Norwich man, in the shape oi From "The British Printer.' „ special Christmas number of the Christ. Ths Christchurch Press Co., Ltd., New Zeo- church "Weekly Press" (New Zealand), i A land, produce on excellent Christmas issue of feature of it is o really beautifully executod their "Weeikly Press." Forty-four ;pages of picture supplement, in colour, of a. llooti matter of on excellent quality, admirably iilus- Princess, sketched from o photograph, bj trated by half-tone cuts, and enclosed in hand- Sarony, by Mr Phil. R. Pressnts,. a Nonri_ri some cover, comprise a thoroughly up-to-dato artist, who recently emigrated to New Z*s* and workmanlike production. A supplement, land. 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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10482, 21 October 1899, Page 3
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