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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 143672, 16 December 1911, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS. H I TEI E I yAL L. TO-NIGHT AT 8 TO-NIGHT SAUNDERS’ BIOGRAPH PICTURES Complete New Selection of Latest Motion Pictures. ZARA (The Wonderful) ZARA AIDA The Itala Company’s AIDA AIDA Great Egyptian Tragedy AIDA AIDA Beautifully produced. AIDA SWORDS AND HEARTS (A.B. Latest). SUBDUING MRS. NAGG (Vitagraph). Just see tho Little (?) Comedian. THE STAGE ROMANCE (Edison). MODERN SCHOOL OF CAVALRY. Etc., etc., etc. Also, at WAITARA TO-NIGHT, THE FALL OF TROY. OPENING NEW EMPIRE THEATRE NEXT SATURDAY. WARD, LOCK AND CO.’S NEWEST BOOKS. MELBOURNE AGE says:—“Will delight adults, and win a place high in the favour of both boys and girls.” MATES AT BILLABtfNG By MARY GRANT BRUCE, author of “A Little Bush Maid” (companion story). With 8 illustrations .by John Macfarlaue. Cloth, gilt, 2s 6d. P&sted 2s od. Australasian says: “The- hook is a sound and healthy one to place in tho hands of young people, and will certainly entertain those happy elders who have not yet lost the power of sharing in the simple delights of youth.” Adelaide Register says: “The book abounds in-brisk incidents. Like Misa Alcott, Miss Bruce makes the children of her brain delightfully human.” A. G. Stephens in The Bookfollpw: “The tale has humour and pathos . . . breathes the spirit of life in the settled bush; the characters are attractive in themselves, and are observed and described admirably. . . . mature readers, particularly in the bush, will be delighted with the book.” Sydney Morning Herald says: “Miss Turner Jives up to her reputation as a story-teller, and the book will be-Uni-versally welcome:^^APRIL GIRLS By LILIAN TURNER, author of “The Perry Girls,” “An Australian Lassie,” “Three New Chum Girls,” “Paradise and The Perrys,” “Betty the Scribe,” etc. With 8 illustrations by John Macfarlaue. Cloth, gilt, 2s 6d. Posted, 2s 9d. Town and Country says: “The story is cleverly developed . . . pleasing reading . . . will rank as one of this pbpular authoress’ best.” Launceston Examiner says: “April Girls is a story of Australian station life; of life’s sunshine and showers, its temptations and trials, its humour, and pleasure, told in plain but appropriate language.” WARD, LOCK AND CO.’9 WONDER BOOK A PICTURE ANNUAL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. Crown 4to. Picture boards, 3s 6d. Posted 4s. In handsome cloth gilt binding, Ss. Posted 5s 6d 8 fullpage plates in colour, beautifully reproduced from paintings by leading artiste of the day. 256 pages or brightly-written stories, articles and versos. For children of all sorts and ages. Upwards of 300 illustrations. Printed in various tints. , A FEW PRESS OPINIONS:— “Quito unrivalled as a picture annual for boys and girls.”—Bystander. “A real nursery treasure.”—British Weekly. “Excellence is stamped on every page;”—Teacher’s Age. “A feast of poem, picture, tale and wonder.”—St. James’s Magazine. “Excellent reading for young people.”—Athenaeum. “A production which cannot be beaten.”— Book and News Trade Gazette. THE WONDER book OF RAILWAYS Crown 4to. Picture boards, 3s 9d. Posted 4s. In handsome cloth gilt binding, ss. Posted 5s 6d. 12, plates in colour. 300 illustrations. 264 pages. What a fascination tho railway and all that pertains thereto has for both young aucl grown-ups! In this profuse-ly-illustrated volume the history of the railway system has been instructively and entertainingly written. A Splendid New Largo' PICTURE BOOK for Australian Boys and Girls. HAPPY HEARTS STORIES, PICTURES an 9 VERSES. Cloth gilt, 3s 6d. Posted 4s. Picture boards, 2s 6d. Posted 3s. An annual for children, brimful of mirth-provoking pictures and droll stories. Humorous coloured pictures and drawings by popular favourites are happily woven with paint recitals in proso and verse. NEWEST FICTION With artistic illustrations in colour aaid black and white. Handsomc-ly bound in attractive cloth gilt and with coloured pictorial wrapper. Each 3s 6d. Posted 3s 9d. ALL BOOKSELLERS. EDUCATION NOTICES. JOHN Y° UNG- “ ARAKOEKOE.” LIARDET ST. Candidates for all Examinations thoroughly coached. FITZROY HALL. H/f'ISS ROBSON (certificated), -LTJL teacher of Violin, Piano, Singing, and Theory, will teach at tho Fitz--oy Hall on THURSDAY AFTERYOONS. (Foresters’ Hall, Waitara, on Mondays). For terms address Devon St. Blast. o9OJ