PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Otago Witness, Issue 3050, 28 August 1912, Page 67

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

The New Magazine for July is to hand from Messrs Gordon and Gotch. A further exploit of Arsene Lupin,-- Maurice Leblanc's criminal hero, is one of the_ principal features, and there are also stories by Tom Gallon, Andrew Soutar, Frank H, Shaw, Horace Hazeltine, etc. "The Blind" is a complete novel by Violet M. Methley, an exciting tale of plots and counter-plots in the imaginary principality of_ Frantzia. The usual art supplement contains photographs of the players in the dainty piece, "Princess Caprice," at the Shaftesbury TheStre.

All who are interested in working women will be pleased to read the article by Mrs Mackirdy (Olive Christian Malvery) in the Quiver for July, describing the Mackirdy House in London, which has been equipped —largely by her efforts—so as to provide a cheap and respectable shelter for homeless women and girls. Other articles include " Village Idylls," by. P. H. Ditchfield. illustrated oy beautiful photographs of English village life, «nd "Religion and Temperament," by the Rev. J. G. Stevenson. The serial, "Four Gate 6," by Army Le Feuvre, is continued, and there are short stories by Halyburton Ross, Margaret Bartlett, and Evelyn Everett-Green, as well as the usual Home Department pages, Conversation Corner, Sunday school pages, etc. Cassell's Magazine of Fiction for July is packed full of excellent stories—thrilling, amusing, and pathetic. There are further instalments of the adventures of Severac Bablon, told by Sax Rohmer, and also of "The Marquis," the latter being described as "a young man of gentle birth in search of daily bread." Other short stories are contributed by Jacques Futrelle, Grenvillo Hammerton, Boyco Storey, I. A. R. Wylie, Peter B. Kyne, and several other writers, as well as a long, complete novel entitled ."The Substitute," by David White- ' The Girl's Realm for July is full of useful articles on subjects of interest to girls—articles on gardening, physical culture, dressmaking, golf, embroidery, crochet work, housekeeping, painting, and music. Lovers of fiction are not neglected either, for there are short stories by Kathleen O'Donoghue. M. C. T. Sawbridge, Gertrude Amev, and Doris Pocock, as well as a further "instalment of the exciting serial story, "A Strange Girl From the Sea," by E. E. Cowper. There arc also the usual fashion pages, answers to correspondents, editorial notes, etc. .