PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED

Otago Witness, Issue 2856, 9 December 1908, Page 33

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED

The Lone Hand for December has- • '^striking" coloured cover depicting th« pugilistic champions, Burns 'and Johnson, in the ring, and among the letterpress will be found some speculative comments as to the probable result of their meeting thjs month. A coloured frontispiece, '"The Beach Girl," by Fred Leist, b a good piece of work. The opening article, "The Asiatic Menace,'" has to some extent lost it? point by the death of the Dowager Empress of China. There is a well-written. -account by an Australian girl % of a visit to Lourdes with some pilgrims. "In the 'Sta .", Watchers of the South" particulars on» given* of the splendid equipment of the* Victorian .Observatory, which, owinjr to the* parsimony of the State Government, is not used as it should oe in the cause of astronomicah research. "Th© Commonwealth Crisis" is continued. ' This is an attempt to show the situation in 1912,. when the Japanese have invaded the Northern Territory. There are some capital! short 6tories and sketches, and a lucid) article on finance, by ,8. H. Prior. Me Arthur H. Adams has a contribution on, _i>The Australian Drama," in which he tella the tale of his efforts to get his works oii the Australian stage. The illustration* are more 'than creditable, and altogether ■ the Lone Hand appears to be in a fair way towards realising some, if not all, of the expectations of its founders. j The Story-Teller for November is •ta hand from Messrs Gordon and Gotch. The contents include a complete novel by Winifred Graham, and short complete stories by well-known writers, such as Tom_ Gallon, Mrs de Crespig-ney, Captain Shaw, Bernard Capes, Curtis Yorke, A. and C. Askew, etc. Some 16 complete short fitories and a complete novel for sixpence is eurely the limit in providing light read*, ing for the people. The Triad for December, with its illustrated supplement, is to hand. Among the contents is the judge's award in th< prize poem competition.