NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS MAGAZINE

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22317, 3 February 1938, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS MAGAZINE

, * THE FEBRUARY NUMBER Dr. E. Marsden in the conclusion of his review of Lord Rutherford’s life, in the February issue of the New Zealand Railways Magazine, enables New Zealanders to appreciate the achievements of the famous scientist. James Cowan, a well-known authority on Maori wars, tells of the feats of a clever scout of the warrior Te Kooti. The illustrations of a worthy article by O. N. Gillespie on the wonderful Turnbull Library—a great national asset —include facsimile reproductions of portions of letters of Robert Browning and Percy Bysshe Shelley and the log of the Endeavour, when Captain Cook made his first voyage to New Zealand. In "Sun-Soaked,” Ken Alexander, with humorous drawings and sparkling prose and verse, sets out the delights of high summer. Bernice Shackleton, a very pleasant writer, has a merry chronicle of the arrival of a circus in a country town. Stuart Perry has a romantic play of thought in "Dream Places.” The first chapter of “The Sheep-Stealer,” by A. J. G. Schmitt, opens up some dramatic historv of the old pioneering days. Other features include original verse, chats on books and authors, sport, and women’s interests in and out of home. The sixty pictures include excellent work of M. 'Matthews in illustrations of stories and articles.