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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19202, 19 June 1924, Page 11

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Wo ]iavo received “The Municipal HandImok of Nc’.v Zealand’’ for 1924. The soopo of the handbook is being -steadily extended and (he publication is new very usefully comprehensive. A new poem, “A Snng of trench Hoads by Mr Rudyard Kipling, receives prominence in the May number of the Strand Magazine, in which Sir Arthur Conon Doyle coidinues his interesting “’memories” of notable people, while short stories are provided by Mrs Belloc Lowndes, Mr Stacy Autnonier. Mr P. CL Wodehoune, Mr F. Britten Austin, Mr Kclward Woodward, a.ml others. , . 'the Merry-Go-Round, a monthly magazine for children, is fortunate in being able, to command tho services of writers who ]>osßf“s the rapacity for interesting juvenile readers with prose and verse, while the illustrations are distinctly artistic and quaint. „ , “Tho Truth About India—at Last is a special feature of tho contents of the Empire, Review for Mav. it is interesting just, now to read, on the authority of Ka.ikhnsliru Jamshendji Dastur, that it is an absurdity of the first order to establish democracy in India, at- present. Loni Askwith contributes an article on Strikes and Lock-outs, and tin- quality of the magazine is further illustrated m (ho tact UnitSir Oliver Lodge, Mr A. Rirrell. and Sir Leslie Scott. among others, are the authors of original articles in this number. Wo have to acknowledge receipt of a, copy of Slone’s (kmtcrhnry, Nekton. Marlborough. end Westland directory for the. current- year. This publ ica.t.ion lias now reached its twenty-linrd issue, and like Its predecessors it- liears evidence of careful compilation. The rnaior portion consists of a very full list of I'amcs and addresses, which" have been secured as tho result of careful canvassing, and which have been cheeked and revised as far as could be done. A g’re.at deal of additional matter in the shape of commercial, statistic;!,l, ami general information relating to the dominion as n whole is included in the issue, which has Ixecri brought, right up to date. A reliable directorv lias long been recognised as an absolute necessity. especially to the business section of the community, and in this respect- the publication issued bv Messrs Slone, Son and Co, .should fill ail requirements admirably. ■ , """■