PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Evening Star, Issue 14036, 17 April 1909, Page 11

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

The ‘Sunday at Home’ {New Zealand Hible, Tract, and Bock Society) for March lias an article entitled ‘ Wliich is the Mast Magnificent Passage in the Bible?’, to which answers are given in a 6ym(>o£iiiiri to which many of the foremost‘men of the day have contributed- The article bus many portraits an.l facsimiles. Principal Fi.irbnirn writes on the Rev. C. H. Irwin’s ’ Life of Calvin ’ Mis A. E Keeton on ‘l-’ompton and G. F. Watte,’ and the Tier. J. M. F Ross on ’The Peril of Vagueness ’ An article of a practical character is that on ‘The Gambling Mania Among the Working Cb.eeos,’ by one who has gone on foot from south to north of England, and has mingled with the workers in the factories of great cities. Two sides of life are dealt with in the articles on ’How Brst to Spend £2O on a Holiday’ and ‘A Night in the London Hospital.’' In addition to the two serial stories by S. B. Crocket- and Amy Le Feuvre, there is a fehort story by P. A. Blyth, ‘Making a Alan of Him.’ The numerous departments for all the members of the home circle are all excellent.

‘The Girl’s Own Paper and Woman’s Magazine,’ (New Zealand Bible, Tract, and Book Society) for March has the first of a series of papers giving a detailed account of the way in which Wilhelmina of Holland was trained to be a queen. These articles are written by the governess, who was with Her Majesty from her fifth year fill she reached womanhood. ' Mary Gaunt’s new novel, ‘The Love that was Belter than Gold,’ also begins in this number. A paper calls attention to the way Socialistic and similar tenets may be inculcated into school children by teachers?

who abuse their position. ‘ Joseph Hoffman writes on the * Use and Abuse of thi Pedal in Pianoforte. Playing."’ This .mimi ber contains a special fashion section,, .wdti! over fifty designs of new costumes. ‘The Boy’s Own Magazine’ (New Zeas, ~ land Bible, Tract, and Book Society) fdi J; Maxell contains, in addition to a profusion of pictorial matter, further chapters of Rj H. Poole’s school story of F. H. Bolton's ‘ Tale of Adventure ’ and of Adrian Leigh's ‘Kouland’s Fortune.’ The short story is Ml forgotten, football has litenst®te,-. £hert cycle is not left out, and pets are kindly'"' dealt with. Fun, fiction, and infomtaiaoni are given in generous measure, the number' being fully equal to its predecessors. The local firm also send us the ‘ Chfld’& Companion,’ ‘Our Little Dots,’ ‘Friendly: Greetings,’ ‘ The Cottager ' and Artisan,’ 1 etc.

‘'The Mechanical World ’ Pocket Diary* (per John Chambers and Son), being thei twenty-second annual issue of this papular work, is to hand. Several improvements! have been, effected. The section on .-team:; turbines has been rewritten, as has also* that on friction clutches. New article*; and tables have been introduced, thus making the book particularly -indispensable as a reference and guide' to those immediately interested. The dkrry is xvhat it professes to be, suitable for the pocket, and ia published at a nominal figure.