MAGAZINES

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21970, 19 December 1936, Page 17

MAGAZINES

The “Punch” Almanack Number, November 2, 1936, presents the usual wealth of funny pictures, black and white and in colour, with a few contributions in prose and verse. Since “Fougasse’s” double-page series, “Red pepper, dear?” is enough by itself to cheer a day, the price of the almanack is a sort of philanthropic joke of Bradbury, Agnew and Company. The December issue of the “B.P. Magazine” is beautifully illustrated and well varied in literary content. As usual, travel is a strong interest. “Cornhill” for November leads off with an excellent article on shooting in Egypt by C. S. Jarvis, whose book, “Three Deserts,” was recently reviewed in “The Press.” Among other contributions is an amusing essay by Col. the Hon. R. A. Crouch on “Tips.” Australia has produced a new venture in “Man,” the first number of a “magazine for men.” Politics, business, special articles, fiction, and dress are among its features, of which, however, the humour of the many full-page drawings is the most prominent. In fashions and other feminine interests “Harper’s Bazaar” for October, lavishly illustrated, maintains its title to high favour. The “Novel” for October includes among its contributors of fiction Berta Ruck. Selwyn Jepson, and Ursula Bloom; and the mid-October “West” carries its full cargo of boldly written stories of adventure and the strenuous life of the great opi n spaces.—Through Gordon and Gotch.