THE AUGUST MAGAZINES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 20 September 1909, Page 1

THE AUGUST MAGAZINES.

■We have 'received from Mr Alf. Bobinson, Hardy-street, the August ma-gazjbi©s^-"Nash's," "The- New," and "Pearson 'a," and the "Strand" for September. . . . " Nash 's, "as usual, is devoted to the short story (without illustrations. Among the principal contributors are Max Pemberton Sir Gilbert Parker, B. M. Croker, Alice and Claude Askew, Wm.Le Queux, anil Khier Haggard—all iwell-knowii .-and ever welcome ivritera, and in. Addition Slary E. Mann, May T. D. Bay ley, Mrs-Pi'C./ de'^reSnigiiy,';!?, ;F. Prc'e--nian, Ei ; Stuart, O^ Onions, H. Jaaueson, E. M. Smith, and ? M. Hamiltor. ! Eider Haggards serial 'Queen SlicI ba's Ring," is continued, ana the.instalment is readable aad esciti-^;. Several ot the stories /are of grs.-.t j interest, ' and all are Vefl told. "The Now," -with its usual iltetrated section devoted to "Stage aail Stalls/ •contains portraits- of leading actors and actresses, and much interesting reading matter.''- The fiction , is by Captain P. If. Shaw (a story of the Messina earthquake-, Littell Clung,'. Owen Oliver, Mayne Lindsay, P. M. White, Boy Norton, <" Eaith Scott,' L. C. Davidson/ G. Dl Leslip, E. Lichfield, J. Wylie,. H.Burlana, and H. Winbury. The detective series, "The Affairs of Montague Fleming, M.D.," by- Grenvifle Hammerlo:i, and Cochrane Hamilton, M.8., is continned. '• ' "Pearson 's'* has a charming historical and illustrated account, of women's costumes and fashions sinco the earliest times till the present, by Katherine Clialiles, under the title, "Do Pretty Frocks make., the Woman f ' ' "Lieutenant Shackleton and liis Story" c? Antarctic exploration are given a prominent place, and "Departmental Ditties" by. Harry Graham are continued. Among other contributors of stories 'and sketches are C. F. Fleming, Jessie Pope, B. Dark, G-. St. Huss^l!, A. - B. ; Cooper. Marion Bower, A. Lambton, M. Hur- | ley, F. St. Mars, and P. V. Migholo. the illustrations, as usual, ' are very . fine. - • "The Strand" is a Special ' sumn:er fiction number. Among the Eerisl contributions are continuations of Harry Furniss' "Reminiscences," ' ' Hardship 's Luck, " by E. Nesbih, and "The White Prophet;" by Hall Came. The articles f^How the Woria Looks to the Short-sighted," by Constance Clyde; "A Museum of B:id Taste"; "A New Illnsion."" by .7as Fraser; "Duplicated Celebrities," by Stewart Eastlake; and solutions of "The Best Puzzles with Coins," by H. Dudeney, will be read with in. terest and curiosity. - Among the contributors of slioriT stories 'are Conan Doyle, C. H. Bovill, E, M: Dell, ,H. Schaffer, and W. W. Jacobs, and E. /D. Fawcctt writes /with; knowledge of. 'Motoring up Mountains. " The number has tf.o usual opulenca of illustrations and advertisements.