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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXI, Issue XVIII, 29 October 1898, Page 560

In announcing the issue of the Christmas Number i OF THE — New ZeHLHND * ; GRAPHIC » The Proprietor only desires to say that every effort has been made to surpass the j> Jril £ previous successes of this well-known and popular Annual. y As hcielofore, neither time, labour, nor expense has been spared in its production, and it is confidently believed that the splendid reputation gained in former years is now upheld. Foremost amongst the attractions must be mentioned the - ' From a Photo, by Herrman, Wellington. BEAUTIFULLY COLOURED and BRILLIANTLY ILLUSTRATED Pictorial map South Island This is a companion plate to the Pictorial Map of the North Island presented last year, which proved the most popular Supplement we have ever issued. ANOTHER SPECIAL FEATURE is the HIGHEST=CLASS PHOTO=ENGRAVING PICTURES BY EMINENT NEW ZEALAND ARTISTS. Amongst a great number of these the following may be specially mentioned:— Other full-page pictures of special beauty are : A Summer Morn on the Waikato. Waiheke, an Auckland Summer Resort, This is a perfect reproduction of a picture by Messrs. Frank and Walter Wright, which was By Mr. Kennett Watkins, hung at tlie Society of Arts Exhibition some time ago and universally voted the masterpiece of these popular artists. It rep esents a riverside settlement on the Waikato just at daybreak, SllOOtinfi? in th© N.Z. Bush and is an ideal landscape replete with sylvan beauty. & Several splendid pictures are from the brush of Mr. KENNETT WATKINS, notably By Mr. F. Wright. Pipiriki Reach, on the Wanganui, Canoeing on the Wanganui, also A Hawke’s Bay Sheep Station, exquisite scenery. while the spirited drawing . A MaOPi FeaSt, FOP Victory OP Death, By Mr. jj Young, from a study by Angas showing the setting iorth of Maori War Canoes, will attract much attention. e Mr. Walter Wright, one of the foremost artists in New Zealand, is represented by a fine West COUSt Scenery. VICWS Of GreymOUth. scene, entitled „ . And A NUMBER OF OTHER FINE PICTURES which A New Zealand Picnic, space forbids us to mention. a merry party of pretty girls and their attendant swains being discovered picnicking in the — = recesses of the bush. G REAT NOVELTY, Reading matter is furnished by and one sure to be popular, are the I 1A f I"" \ f I4'l IN lAK* I "~7 Z" 1 C IzN K* I O Portraits of 70 Beautiful New Zealand Babies. | yy(J LaCJ 111 ICI r I 12-C 3101 IG3 Perhaps it would be more correct to say children. The portraits occupy two full pages, and VV are of exquisrie beauty. Everyone should send a copy of the paper away to absent friends, if .. . w> ,, only to show what lovely children there are in New Zealand. And while speaking of beauties -A. DO U KIiSUL li thepage ° f Maori Lads and Lasses And “IN LOVE AND WAR.” must not be forgotten. These are from the lovely photos of Mr. Iles, late of the Thames. Both are romances of distinctive merit, and are profusely illustrated. The number is enclosed in a very attractive cover, in two colours. The design, by Mr. W. Wright, is bold, fresh, piquant and taking, and is decidedly a feature of A REALLY FIRST-CLASS NUMBER. PRICE, with Supplement, ONE SHILLING.