PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13996, 31 August 1907, Page 15

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Tho Ited Funnel for Sopfcombtt is raitiher lnoro than up to tho usual standard in variety nnd excellence of matter. It opens wirh ii well-illustrated akotch of Batluirst, in IN'dw South Wales. This town and its vicinity v/oro prominent in tho most strenuous times of Iho colony. It was there that gold was first discovered in Australia, and it,v.-as also Ihero that.tho bushranging indu.'slry readied its culminating point. The district, is still nolxl. for its mineral wealth, particularly limrble. As tho srtiolo is well wTitten and fully illustrated, it has tv special attraction. Other features are a somewhat woird sketch, entitled " phe Koid of the World," on articlo on "English Education ill Japan," 0110 011 "Tin Mining in- Tasmania," and 011 "Gamo in llmvaiian Islands." Altogether, iho I&t'.Funnel'is a very genctous sixpenco worth.

The 11011. Samuel Hanger is accorded (lie pmco of lionoiw in tho Septonil>er nunibcir of tho Kcviow ot Bcviewa for Australasia with <iiv artiolo on the " Norl'horn Territory," no(os cm Ibo Govornor-gcncral's recent tom\f jjord lSortlicoto formod tbo laudable intention cf 3?chig ( for himself Uio oonditiens in a territory which present such a problem •this doc?, with its vexed questions ol coloured lnbour, dofcnco, and resources, not to spoak cf ft IVans-Contlncntal raihvay. JXr Manger &i\v what, indeed, cvorvono Iniow, thnl tho nro great, and that it Iwhovos Ar.sU-ftlitv to-tako tho op]x>rt\mily now afforded 1o .1 to titilißo nnd consorvo the vast region ol present lying unpeopled. The Po%*iew ul?o cmviaits a striking art-iolo entitled "Church and Lnbour," by tho ltev. S. Por»rco Carey oi the Collins .Street Baptist Church, Melboutna. M.r (hrcy's. rcnunly is a rapprocheJiiont of tho' two, which misunderstand cnch other; at tho prcsenl, and a recognition that V"*ur eliflinpion was Jesus Christ, lles'.dos th.cso there ave of couko the usual features of tho Review, and wh?n it is rsid tha, they arc as attractive as lisuol, nothiiiß more is ueecssary. There, is also an ijitcrertaiS chsraoter sketch on the King' 0 f Siam. Jlie native Companion is a bird of the p.or* tribe, mdisoiioiis to Australia. It <1 cwoleir.atie o; Australia, [or the reason that the emu and h-ngaroo have alroadv pre-' wpted tho apace cm Mtiowl emblems. 1?. . 3 lujkl of nmbilious persons publish » journal called the Native Companion, of which tho August number ha? b.-en eon. \o ns. It is the first number of Jw"'l YO -"'" c -, < -' ov « r is printed in tlm» colours, and the journal itself onanliqu» paper. ine illustrations aro a specially, in® cditc-r aims at the extinction of haJMone F. , ,V rp '! w Mprc'lv.etions. and aims at' - .' '\ 5 exemplified in tly> Kativc ComJiamoji tho effort is somowhat crude, but a , 15 ,.' aor<: atoned ior bv the b-e-zv Austra.iau air of the content"'. These ari nro..]}- 1n:1i,).. n - wit], animation, and in some reaeh a li'ah litemry level. It is i,„' postablo to icfv.un from wishing well Jo the joyou. band wno are Iho contributors. T! ;!,i p' M -Boneral sccretarv of the Ini 0.1 Commercial Association ot AiiE.Ta.ar.a. sends .15 Tl» Ecok, which has 1 1 u F r l ', In v "- v handsome form t.ie booklet sets forth the advantcgos of merbersiiip, which are many nnd great. Tnco are so loitsnicuously put forward that it is triMlJwm a " 5 ' Ohip ie " :s!ns ®«t»"lo tho fold of memher-

n , 1"' ' m Allsn ' s '. (pnW'shed on the 15th) is nr 'In'* />/!' r ' rT "r ? t J u »Po™"n of jurists m la? comparative value of the eridence of DICII nnd v.-omen is further proscouted, Un grral l.Jihoilr murder trial in America is fully s:t .ert.l, Mr l.ooley 3 pliilosophy is 011 Uncl'o Sjin a- (1 tiro little Jap, and that philosopher 1; " , s evcl . Que of the s-iindid. nature- h;.-ttrv <=cnes, entitled "Fur and Feather m Aujtralia." ia also given. In ?'m! ''j 10 ,, 19 '110I 10 ""'n' budget of fe..lutM m.d there 13 not. n dull line in tho •■ysgazine, ,