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Otago Witness, Issue 2745, 24 October 1906, Page 59

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Tho Badminton for September is « good number, and singles out the Duke of Rutland as if- represent athe of notable sportsmen for the month, embod.wng in the aitic-lc a remarkably pleasant portiait c-f hi* Grace, and a number of views at bis vrrious seats and hunting lodges. 'lbr - articles are as varied in topic and locality as usual, thus wo have •'Pigeon Shoot injr in Egrvpt" a,*, a very effecthe contuist io "S|jort in the Donegal Highlands.." ami 'The Financial A~prct of Racing" feuusan iri'ttuctivc and '-fact\' companion to •'Ihe Hunting Outlook " and " Game Shooting and Shooting Schools." -The Sikh Quoir. and How to U«e Iv." incKukb a very interesting- sciies of ilhistiations. while the literary charm of the paste* de\oted to •■"Early Summer in il-o Wcatern llißhlands" is "stroiis. and "Th" S-ilmon with the White Triangle"' ranks with the best of its predecessors- in the line of '"Strange Stories of Sport." As u?ual. the photographs which fill tho pages demoted to the monthly prize competition are excellent, -and full of keen intere-L. October number of Life is a good minih*r. packed fully with a judicious a&K)itnient of freight from many cargoes of greater skips/ " The Historj of the Month" is followed as usual by those especial explanations which the man in the street is assumed to be badly in need of. a a . for example. ''What is a Medium V" "Why are Prescriptions in Latin?" "What is the North Pole?" ere, ore. The past month vould appenr to have been faxo'ira'olc i« the humoiist, tho caricaturist. and_ the cartoonist, for "The Humour of 1 hings" contains in all its departments \erj excellent food for laughter. Dr Fitchett continues to discourse (and hc\ve\er threadbare his topics he always di-cours^s with lireraiy on '"Indian Architecture." There i« a tragic paper on "Child Labour, with illustrations in silhouette, which are remarkably effective to the topic. •The Booklo\er"' is scarcely up to its cuitoman interest, but tlie other \aiied departments are stocked with judicious selections, for the bu-y man and countij reader, while tho continuation of tbe Tra falgar article is full of \igour. and will interest readers who enjoy this line of reading. The Monthly Review open« i\ith a capital article- on '"England, France. mul Socialism," by Laurence Jerrold. A very warm appreciation of tho late \\ alter Patu. the man and his work will be meat and drink to thc*e who think as highly of that wrilci' s "style and place in lit^ratuie as .does the writer. In "•The Meet in? at Vellove." we have a remarkably interesting account <•( an incident which, while happening 50 years before the great Indian Mutiny, sufficiently resembled it in Ihe undcrlving causes, to render it one of the unheeded warnings with which history atouuJ-= '• Clerical FVolinfi- in Flench Canada," strikes an interesting 1 note in modern church history which, for »)ie casual reader, i-. sjinply amazing 1 iv it» rev plat ion of the narrow dog-mat ism ami overbearing tvramiy of French C'auadiuu Roman Catholicism. Aiifrlerb will <-iij<a Lemon Gray's pleasant sketch. "By au Ir:sh Siieani." while '"The Que=t of Prolonged Youth,'" aud '■CiviHbatu.ii and Climate"" are two articles that will each find a circle of appreciative readers. ''The Lonely Lady of Gicvcnor Sauaie,"' a* ii serial, poasesecs the charm of ficshne-- and a x>lea«ant style.