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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11957, 2 February 1901, Page 8

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

" Hozell's Annual'' fo. 1901 (Hazel!, Watson, and Yiney, London).—This cyclopaedic record of men and topics of the day, revisod up to November 39, is to hand, and maintains its excellent record for conipleiness and accuracy. It is impossible in a brief notice to give any idea of the vast amount of useful information contained in the G93 pages of the Annual. A dotailed account of the operations in South Africa, and of ihe political and financial questions raised, and details of the operations in China may be mentioned as among the interesting features. Maps are given of South Africa and China. Another map illustrates the Jloiocco frontier question, and two others are given of the Soudan, and Nigeria and Lagos. Brief biographies are given of me)i who have come into prominence in connection with recent events. Tho proceedings in connection with the Australian Commonwealth are described. The results of the general election arc given, with biographies of each member of the Commons, whilst there is a vast amount of information on general topics in the prosent issue of "Hazell's," which is undoubtedly one of the handiest and most useful handbooks of the day.

"Review of Reviews for Australasia."—The January number is of special interest to New Zealaiiders. Firstly, because of the information concerning tho Commonwealth and the first 'federal Cabinet,'collected, in iii handy form;.

1 and secondly, because oHhe inclusion at the B ? beginning of the ocntuiy of a special supple-1 j meat on New Zealand. The literary work'is£ ! by the Rev. Joseph Berrj, whose works when a s j resident of this colony have so frequently graced fi i our columns that our readers need scarcely be | 1 informed that the task undertaken has been | j faithfully carried out. There is just a sus-1 > picion that the whole thing is ( a clear device J j on the part of tlie Premier, now in Australia,! 1 to advertise the colony, a suspicion to which j. S colour is lent by the inclusion among the many j ? charming illustrations of scenes in New Zea- f 1 land of the somewhat overdone views of Mr I ' Seddon's tour of the-.Pacific. Sir R. Stout's | j paper on " New Zealand and on Island Federa-1 jj tion" is republished by request. Tho other | ! features of the " Review of. Reviews " are on j the usual lines, summaries of the leading i articles in tho reviews and magazines being J . S' Vcl " , • 9 Three Scottish newspapers only have been ra c S existence for 100 years—the Glasgow Herald, e | the Aberdeen-Journal, and the Dundee Adver- [ 5 tiser. This i 9 somewhat singular when it is | 2 remembered that the. Otago Witness, for in- [ ; stance, will celebrate its jubilee next week. I : We havo received from Sir John Leng, the f ' proprietor of the Dundee Advertiser, a copy j. of the paper with its 16-page " Century Supple- | ment," published in, December last ill view of the paper having completed its hundredth year of publication on January 15. There are numerous illustrations o! the progress made in every direction. The contrast be'weon the j printing machinery and linotype composition f! o[ the present <lnv and tho hand press and hand ■j typesetting of 1801 is'even greater than the j| contrast, between the 'modest printing office of jj 1801, little more than a small cottage, and the [j great. Advertiser buildins of to-day. About 80 !j tons of paper per week is used in llio products tion of the Dundee Advertiser and its sister § r.ublications—the People's Journal, Dundee S Evening Telegraph, mid People's Friend. | J There are six printing machines, ctoable of 5 1 turning out 164,000 copies rer hour of a four- J | lwce newspaper, The history of the Diindoc | a Advertiser as modestly sot out in the centenary J j supplement is interesting. The paper under-1 5 went many vicissitudes. Jt was in October, | 11852, that the name of I{r (now Sir) John Leng l ? appeared in the imcrint. ,Since then the paper f | his made remarkable strides, and it is not too t B much to say that the Advertiser and its sister | | miMication* have more influence among the | I; Liberals of Scotland than any oth»r ioiirnal. It r ■" imv bo. mentioned that Vr V. T . Hutchison, ex-gj | M.IT.R. of this citv. was for pome time on the 8 r strff of the Advertiser as sub-editor. |