PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Otago Witness, Issue 2511, 30 April 1902, Page 55

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

have received from the publishers th« i March number of the Smart Sst, with its f smart and attractive cover, merely an index to the variety and crisp vivacity of its conj tents. There are a. great many stories of ! smart people and their smart doings, some pretty veiscs, some average epigram?, some cynical sonnets; quite a mine of amusement, pure and simple, undimmed by instruction, unweighted by moralisings. Kb lighter or more versatile companion for a duU Journey : or a. quiet country hou»9 could be desired by 1 the "society" man and woman than the Smart Set. The April number of Austral Light gratifies the eye with its well-designed and softlycolonred cover, a new and pleasing feature. The contents are very much on the usual lines, and until these are enlarged the magazine will naturally only appeal to a very limited circle, as perhaps it is intended. The opening article on "The Origin of Life" is written by Ihe Rev. J. Norris; "Gerald Griffin" is the subject of a character study by the Rev. Father Murphy; v/hile the .Rev. L. Martin continues his interesting account of Lourdes and its miraculous cures. Several other articles, reviews, and notes on current topics complete the number. The Windsor Magazine for March, received through Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs, easily holds that first place among our Tighter magazines which has long been accorded to it in the estimation of the public. The illustrations in this popular magazine have improved wonderfully during the last year, and one cannot pick up a. number now without being attracted by some charming reproduction ot an artist's work or a photographer's "study." There arc a number ot excellent storiea, foremost among which we may note, "In the Fog," By Richard Harding Davis, and "An Incident of the Sepoy Mutiny," by Flora Annie Steele. "Thompson's Progre.-:., too, continues its racy course, and between this plentiful supply of fiction we find a number of interesting articles, on somewhat light topics perhaps, but admirably varied to suit a dozen different c!asaes of readers.