PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Otago Witness, Issue 2527, 20 August 1902, Page 56

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

The July number of the Windsor Magazine abounds in light, pleasant reading. One of those illustrated articles on art which have become such a feature in magazin.es of late, ©pens the number and select 3' for topic. "The Pictures m the. Prado." An article on '.'Cave Dwelling in Modern Britain," and another on "The Gentle Art of Crab-potting," and another on "Punting" comprise the heavier (?) elements. As for fiction, there is plenty, and the names which stand sponsor for the 6tories aro those of Max Pembc-rton, Jerome X.. Jerome, Ethel Turner, Pett Ridge, etc. We have leceived from the publishers, Messrs Cassell and Co., tho first number of "The Coronation Book of Edward "VII." The venture is quite up to the high standard of Mes3rs Cassell's many previous publications, though the unique characteristics of tho work — the reproductions of quaint old pictures and the rich and splendid colours of illuminations and heraldic devices — render the Coronation Book a gem, quite as alluring to the artist as to the book-lover and .the historian The work is to be completed in six parts, and' in noting tho high technical excellence and beauty of the details the price (Is per numbei) seems abhurdly small. The Review of Reviews for July contain* some interesting articles, in addition, of course, to that useful synopsis of the contents of contemporary magazines and reviews, which is so welcome to busy men, and country readers. Mr Kirwati writes on "The Search for a Federal Capital," Mr Stead contributes at some length * "character sketch" of the great painter, G. F. Watts, R.A., and the book of the month selected for detailed review is a acts and Comments," by Herbert Spencer — his Swan song, it may surely be esteemed, remembering his great ape— B2 years. The July number of the Monthly Re^ew is, as usual, treasure trove to the leisured reader. Among articles of general interest? is one, however, which will especially appeal to New Zealander3. It is entitled " New Zealand and tho Emu ire," and is written by A. R. Atkinson, M.H.R. : in short, ifc is a trenchant and able article by a countryman, which all New Zealanders should be glad to ccc in the pages of a journal of s ucli high standing as the Monthly Review. We commend to our readers this able corrective to "Seddon Day by Day." In general topic.?, as usual, the Monthly Review offer* us a wide choice — from "The True Story of Spion Kop" to "The Paintera of Japan," which constitutes the illustrated article ; from "Trad© and the New World" to tha charming dissertation entitled "Sd Jeimesse Youlait."