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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18007, 6 August 1920, Page 7

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The Strand Magazine for May presents nutnber r h SUlS<> ? ? Sp ?° ial s P nn f? fiction number. Ihe contents do not belie the promise of abundance of light and attractive reading varied by illustrations up 'to the usual admirable standard. All is not facuon how.jvw, and many readers should artLl d" r' 0 brl S llt and informative article on Sir James Barrie;" by E T author of " Uncensored Ceiebri" ties. J his is enhanced by some interesting snapshots and sketches. In the course of interviews these twin souls, Mr Burnard WUhS; Wc % cx Press .their disbelief m spjrituahsm. In the lightest vein the issue is rounded ■ off with the presentment of : Mr Hoath Robinson's threo funniest pictures, selected by himself. These are m truth irresistible. In its issue for June the Grand Magazine well maintains its reputation as a purveyor of literature of the popular order. Pride of place- is t&icen by tho opening chapter of a tale entitled ' A Woman's Heart,-" by the well-known Frencli novelist, Paul Bourget. Mrs Belloo Lowndes makes another excursion into " the night side of Nature " in a second instalment of "The Ivory bate, and the rest of tho number is in keeping with tho standard which this maga-' zine can always be depended upon to maintain. A feature not to lie overlooked consists in tho pages of well-choscn cartoons.