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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8002, 4 May 1904, Page 1

are preternaturally lucky; "The Toreador's Tjtlisman,'" by Charles Edwardos, are thia month's fiction. The " solid " matter is as usual, interesting and instructive. "How Electric Trams Work" (of special interest to Cbrisfcchurch readers) t "The Provincial Humour of America," "The Most Daring Burglary on Record " (a full account of the great Walker jewellery robbery in London, 1865), "Foods and Feeding " (by a medical man — a very clear and instructiva article), "Match-making" (not the hymeneal variety), "Humours of the Battlefield" (Boer war anecdotes), "The French Officer " "(" a type thafc does honour to France and it. noble army"),, "Under the Shadow of the Leopolds" (an account of a trip through part of the little known north-west of Australia), "Opium Dens in London"— these are 6oriie of the salient' features of the issue. - Life." for March. This record for busy folk continues to fulfil the promise of its first number. Men, women and things of the hour are treated of. Some of the best things in tie latest publication are given, e.g., Mark Twain on "Italian Without a Mister," humour and jeet, " home-grown" and imported, are laid under contribution. .Sir G. Turner tells how he prepares his Budget, Mrs Curlewis how she wrote "Seven Little Australians," Mr Somerset how be set* to work to paint his picture (Bft : by sft, with 100 portraits) of the first day of the final test match on the Melbourne ) cricket ground. The "What the Man in j the Street? Wants to Know " pages are full of interest, and old Gorgon Graham continues _tis shrewd humorous ." Letters of a Self-made Merchant to bis Son." Imperial affairs, business science, health topics, book., and the announcement of an -essay, competition make up the number. S "Pall Mall Magazine" for March—Distinctly a good number. Mr George Moore's " Avowals,'" which have attracted considerable attention and varied criticism, are interesting reading. The author of "Sister. Teresa " "lets herself go," and has a tilt at • a >' number - of reputations ; most people will not take bim as being altogether in earnest. Very 'apropos is "The Land of the Morning Calm " (Korea), which' will add to the average magazine leader's stock of knowledge bf the Koreans. This month's " Master Worker," under the microscope of Harold Rigbie, is the Rev R. J. Campbell, the young dissenting minister, of the Oity Temple. The Victoria Falls of the Zambesi River are described and remarkably well illustrated, Mr William Sharp's literary geography subject ■■ tliis* month is, the "Thames from Oxford to the Nbre "— a big subject, but he succeeds by not attempting too muob,. He gives notes concerning great names not yet exploited by the route book or the local manual. " The Life of a Carthusian Monk in tbe Monastery of St Hugh at Parkminster ". ia described with illustrations of the monastery. "An Artist of the Peoplo" is an appreciation of E. Van Meighem, tbe Antwerp cafe-keeper and painter, who finds his best material amongst the workers there; several good illustrations of his work are given. Hewlett's "Queen's Quair," the powerful story of) Mary of Scots,. Mrsr Craigie's "Vineyard," a Moorish story by the late J. M. Cobban, and a hidden trea§ure and cryptogram story by Bernard Capes,, are among the fiction. The frontispiece is a fine piece of work after Meissonier. ' ——■ — — ' — *— — "— *^ M