PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Otago Witness, Issue 2253, 6 May 1897, Page 39

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Tho Pall Mall Magazine for March fully maintains this charming monthlj's reputation

for the «xcellence aud delicacy of its numerous engravings and other illuatrfetious. The frontispiece its a beautifully executed lithograph " On Oulton Broads, " by Hovsco Shcodar, waiek

.iH'oida &mpl» evidence of tho advauca fchis brjiiicli »f Rtt has made since it« revival a ytai: I or two back. Tho late E. L. Stevenson's talft "Skives'* ia continued and there araneveral enterI taining abort tales and interesting .illoßtrated i articles. One likely to he specially interesting to > 'adies is "Hoiiifcoa Lsers frith "Views of Honiton." , Sotce of the patterns ahown aro exoeadirgiy beautiful. "Wild Flowers of London Streets "" — ■ : sab t trow nia London streets, ueedlt&s fco arty, j but sold thereon — is pleasant rsadiDg, bpcaace i we ftre revelling amoog the Bweetesfc of npring ', fiowers ■and the most ch'.rmicg of summer ; blooms. Tbo humourous element is introduced ! ia the form of au old hunting ballad, in which i the mishaps of the day conclude with a banquet ; of the tru« oldsn time hunting typo.

The Lud^at", of which fcho March number

| reaches i.s from Messrs W. J. Priclor and Co., i publishers, Stafford street, is cne of the most; j pleasing of the popuiar sixpanuy illustrated i monthlies. Wo are indeed fortunate to live in i v.n V.gs when the expenditure of half a crown ft ! month will provide us with three or four sucb. j charming and artistic magazines tie the PaU ■ 3-lall, the Windsor, the Ludgate, &c, and 1 really no country house should be withoufi two |or three of these /w de, slecle marvels in bus art i of l«bterpres» autf The Ludgate .' for March fteme with well-executed pictures of | all kinds, and tho literary contents are interes'..i intf and varied. Among the sketches is one o£ .' <>uccul iuterest to New Zealanders^ the tifle i being " Four Swaggers,'" and She locale soim-

where between Christcliurch and tlie W<-,a(i Ooaat. The; swaggers Uun out (o bs runaway sailors, &nd tbo incident narrated is a by no means uncoirmou oa« in New Zealand. The writers are Messrs A. H. Bcittted »nrt Walter Burke, fche t'ormei 1 of whom is a wall-known Chrisfcchurch pregsuaau. \

" Indigestion and Nervous Dyspepsia t theii? Origin aud Cure (Dietetic and Hygienic)." by Dr Lurz, of Melbourne, is the title under which. a series «f sketches, possessing the merits of being entertaining *sj well as instructive, have b2en puSlished'in a, volume 4hat comprises somef 160 pages. With the author prophylactics are to be pr-sferred befors therapeutics, aud he indicfttes how (iyspeps;ft la'Jo be avoided by a judicious seieciion of viands rather than isow it i» to be cured when once it has seized its viefcim. The advice which he tenders iv this respect must be invaluable even iC its adoption will involve ou many persons the exercise of a considerable amount of self-denial. For instance, it may ba remarked that he mildly runs a-tilfc against aftsrnooD tea ; that he eojoins a chary use of alcoholic drink, and that he counsels moderation in the use of f obacco. His remarks on remedial agents are compressed within s the last few chapters, and here it is . interesting to note that while' he generally approves of exercise as tending to have a beneficial influence on the human organism in general and the digestive apparatus in particular he does not faroui bicycling. The whole of the sketches are written in a light and pleasing w&y, and really form a valuable treatise, couched in popular language. «

The "Triad" for May is to hand. There are quite a number of illustrations, including a fullpage reproduction of Marcus Stone's picture " Th« Peacemaker," and a facsimile of a note written by the late Rev. Dr Stuart. Particulars are given of the approaching London College of Music local examinations.

There has been a decrease of 47 telephone subscribers in Dunedin since the increased tariff came into operation.

At the annual meeting of the Anglican Orphan Home, Parcell, Auckland, the report showed th*fc there were 60 children in the home. The income was £1053, leaving a credit ofi £30. There was a loss in the income through lowered rates of interest on the endowment money (£1009") annually. A new home is to be built