THE PUBLISHER'S DESK.

New Zealand Illustrated Magazine, 1 September 1904, Page 480

THE PUBLISHER'S DESK.

END OF FIFTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION. The present issue completes the fifth year of publication of the New Zealand Illustrated Magazine. We take this opportunity of again thanking all those who have assisted uk in so firmly establishing a national Magazine which can honestly claim to be the only successful illustrated periodical on this side of the line which gives its reader? original matter only, on the lines of the best English and American magazines. EEDUCED TO SIXPENCE. We have much pleasure in announcing that we purpose celebrating our anniversary by reducing the price of the Magazine to sixpence the single copy, and that the reduction will take effect with the October number, the first of our sixth year. Subscriptions commencing on and after that date will be six shillings and sixpence per annum. We do this in the full assurance that such a step will still further increase the great popularity the New Zealand Illustrated Magazine has already attained throughout the length and breadth of New Zealand. ott;r, ch3&ist:m:a.s istumber. Our Christmas number, which will, as usual, be the regular December one, will be an exceptioually good production. We would remind those who wish to send in contributions for it that they should come to hand not later than the middle of October. The number "will be one which will be admirably adapted for sending home to friends to give them not only a good idea of the country from the number of beautiful views reproduced, but also to show them that their cousins across the sea are by no means so devoid of literary talent as they appear to imagine. o Articles on the following subjects will appear shortly : — Liiaves from My Brighton Note Book. — By W. Townson. The Legend of the Dragon. — By A. de Lisle Hammond. The Women and Girls of Chrysanthemum Land. — By William Griiner. Some Aspects of the Land Tenure Problem. — By James Hight, M.A. Rhythm; and Metre.— By Johannes C. Andersen. Bird Life in the Bush. — By A. H. Messenger. A Visit to the Greenstone Country. — By Charles Heaphy. Wobdsworth. — By Joyce Jocelyn. Storiettes by the following Authors : — Dobson and Tantia Bheel. — By T. S. Gurr. The Revenge of Pak Sing, — By W Brooke. How Tinomana Acquired Merit.—" Tangata Ke."