PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19020, 16 November 1923, Page 6

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

The half-yearly issue of the Otago High School Magazine contains a faithful and full chronicle of the sports activities of the boys, with an editorial on the school’s Diamond Jubilee, “Form Notes,” and other interesting matter. A new edition of “Lessons on the Care of Infants” (for use in schools) by Mrs Watson, with a preface and introduction by Dr Benjamin Broadbent, ex-Mayor of Huddersfield. It is an informative booklet, and is published by Longmans, Green, and Co. A reprint of “Cancer: A Word of Hope,” by Reddie Malleft, has been received from \\ atts and Co. (London). The book has been written to allay a cancer panic—“a state of tension only partially warranted by facts.” A natural dietary is recommended and described, but reference to the book is necessary in order to learn the author’s message. In the latest number of Stead’s Review John Brailsford deals with “The Japanese Disaster, ’ giving many hitherto unpublished facts. Mr Meredith Atkinson examines .Imperial preference and also deals with current events. The issue contains several other articles of note and a budget of world’s news, including caricatures and book reviews. The Transit of Nan,” by Freda Barrow, is the very interesting story of a child interested in fairies and such-like, revealing the natural mind. It is amusing and pathetic by turn and shows that the writer has carefully followed the development of the most wonderful thing in the scheme of creation. The Lothian Book Publishing Company has forwarded our copy. “The Bible” is a pamphlet containing ■ a reprint of Sabbath evening addresses bv the Rev. James Aitken, M.A., at St.' Andrew’s Church, Gisborne. The addresses deal with the Bible and its critics and are a. contribution of value to the wealth of literature on the subject. This pamphlet has a local interest, Mr Aitken having been previously stationed at Mosgiol, and he is also fatlier of Dr Aitken, who has just been selected as Rhodes scholar. “Found In An Old Box” is a booklet containing a woman’s letters of tho eighteenth century, p edited by Francis Fraser. In introducing the writer of the letters it is explained that she was the granddaughter of Lady Saltoun, and the object of publication is to give readers a glimpse of the time and “the genuine outpourings of the heart of q, woman both when young and in middle age, in hours of joy and in hours of grief.” The Lothian Book Publishing Company of Melbourne are the publishers. Life for November presents a big contents bill judiciously covering fact, fancy, and fiction. Dr Fitchett deals with the history of the month and also contributes an article on “The Perplexities of an Ambassador,” being a picture of Great Britain in wartime as seen through American eyes. The article is based on “The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page.” “Indian Magic and Its Myths” are described in detail oy “A Western Conjuror,” and P. G. Wodehouse, “Sapper,” W. A. Somerset, and several other writers of distinction illuminate its pages. The October number of the Empire Review contains a striking article by Mr H. G. Wells on “The Future of the Empire,” in which its permanence under present conditions is questioned. Viscount Milner discusses “Problems of the Imperial Conference,” and Colonel Lynch further explains why he fought against England in 1900 and for England in 1914. Such wellknown writers as Messrs G. K. Chesterton, Sydney Webb, John Buchan, Sir R. BadenPowell, and others are responsible for interesting contributions. The Directory of Manufacturers in New Zealand, being a buyers’ and sellers’ guide, has been compiled by the Department of Indusl.res and Commerce and published under the auspices of the Department and the Industrial Corporation of New Zealand. The book will doubtless be highly welcome in commercial circles, and its general arrangement is convenient and the information is readily accessible. Every care has apparently been taken to secure accuracy, though it is mentioned in the preface that some manufacturers have failed to supply the necessary details, even when stamped envelopes have been enclosed for the purpose. Tho directory will be kept up-to-date by future issues. L. T. Watkins, Ltd. (Wellington) are the publishers. An indication of tho progress of Aussie in New Zetland is contained in the fact (hat in the November issue, just to hand, (be announcement is made that tho New Zealand section of the paper has been doubled in size. Local artists and writers show up well in this popular feature of Aussie, and their work compares more than favourably with the contributions in the Australian section. Apparently there is plenty of black and white talent in Australia and New Zealand, for the latest issue of Aussie contains over 120 drawings every one of which contains a hearty laugh. The letterpress is clever and amusing. Chambers’s Journal for October opens with a long and interesting story, “What is Bred in the Bone,” by E. W. D. Cuming, which concerns the life of a native of Burma, educated at Oxford. D. E. Stevenson's serial. “Peter West,” continues its interesting course, and Donald Macintyre writes on “Brown Trout at Home and Abroad,” in the course of which the development of Loch Leven trout in New Zealand rivers is mentioned. The other articles in this number arc varied and interesting. and the short stories have been judiciously selected. “The Heart of Things,” by Henry Leach, is an interesting glimpse through London eyes, and the usual features aro published. In the Strand Magazine for October Sir A. Conan Doyle contributes the first instalment of “Memories and Adventures.” which is in effect a story of his life._“Some Famous Authors of To-day,” IT. G. Wells. Bernard Shaw, and 11. do \ere Stacpoole. are dealt with by Airs C. A. Dawson-Scott. “Tetherstones.” Ethel M. Dell's serial, is continued, and P. G. Wodehouse. E. Phillips Oppenheim, F. Britten Austin, and several other well-known writers’ are among the contributors. The usual features of the Strand, good illustrations. and high-class printing keep it in the front rank.