SUNDRY PUBLICATIONS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 3330, 12 January 1898, Page 1 (Supplement)

SUNDRY PUBLICATIONS.

The Christmas number of Chambers’ Journal, which comes to us from_ the famous Edinburgh firm of publishers, is an excellent prod notion. MrGuy Boothby contributes a complete story, “The Millionaire of Hornbrook Island.” Mr W. E. Cule writes well in his “ Witness to the Marriage,” and Mr John Arthur Barry, of Sydney, challenges comparison with Clarke Bussell in a fine sea story, “The Last Voyage of Martin Vallance," and comes out of the ordeal remarkably well, indeed the story is much superior to Mr Bussell’s later work. In addition to these special contributions there is the usual monthly budget of stories and articles, all maintaining the high standard of literary merit and popularity which Chambers’ Journal gained so long ago. In the January number will commence a new serial story, “John Biirnet OBarns,” by John Buoham, a young Scots writer of great promise, it is a story of Upper Tweedside and Clydesdale in the later years of the seventeenth century and is said to be full of romantic incident.

What with our Christmas number and extra “holiday" work, our notice of the November magazines is rather belated. The November Windsor contains the conclusion of Hall Caine’s mnoh-discussed story, “The Christian”; an interview with the rising young novelist. Max Pemberton; a short story (illustrative of sun worship) by Mr Cutclyua Hyne; an article on " Underground London," and many other interesting features. A flue programme is mapped out for the new year, and readers of this popiilar magazine may rest assured they have mdny treats in stdrb.

Messrs Cassell? and Co. send us the usual budget, bf their periodicals November. Cassells’ Magazine, immensely improved during the year, is a splendid number, the illustrations being specially good. Stories, interviews, illustrated topographical and other articles make up a most readable budget. In the year now commencing readers of Cassell’s will have a new serial story of life at Klondike entitled “Dead Man’s Gold,” by Mr Bteadon Hill, who has visited the field and may be relied upon to give plenty of local colour; a series of articles entitled “ Capitals at Playand stories by Max Pemberton, Barry Pain and other popular writers.

The November Quiver has for frontispiece a beautiful coloured plate, "Sweet Mistress Prue,” from a picture by Miss Helen Margetson in last year’s B.oyal Academy. Dr Barnardo describes his “Life Work” in an article entitled “The Rescue of the Waif”; Sir Lewis Morris contributes a poem, “ The Breaking of the Spirit,” and there are a host of stories and articles by writers of standing.

In the Saturday Journal Mr Prank Barrett begins a new serial story, “ Was She Justified ?” the opening chapters of which are full of promise, and there is the usual wealth of articles and stories, all eminently adapted to family perusal. The answers to Correspondents, jottings on Ooientiflc,- legal; and health questions are a very valuable feature of this excellent publication.

Chums is, as usual, a perfect feast of good reading and pictures for boys. What with two exciting serial stories, sketches of circus life, afid hints on cricket, cycling, football, stories of travel and adventure, to say nothing of the many regular features of the paper, the boy reader who does not take delight in his monthly copy ol Chums must be hard indeed to please.