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from ten to fifteen cents per copy, the subscription rate still remaining 

 at $1.00 a year. 



It is to be hoped, for the credit of this part of Canada that this 

 magazine may continue to flourish as it deserves to do, and long con- 

 tinue to be a credit to its editor and his assistants. 



Another late effort in the realm of Acadian literature is a maga- 

 zine entitled Neiih, published monthly at ten cents a copy or $1.00 

 a year, by A. B. Walker, B.A., LL.B., Barrister ait Law, of St. Joihn, 

 N.B., the only ccloured barrister in New Brunswick. The first issue was 

 dated February 1903, and its advent had been looked for with much 

 curiosity by the literary coterie of St. John. In fact it may be stated 

 that honours were easy as between Neith and the Local Election for 

 the House of Assembly. The coming of each was anticipated for some 

 time and the public curiosity having now been satisfied as to both issues, 

 the .people of that city are seeking a new sensation. 



The first issue of Neiih contained 60 pages of printed matter 

 upon various topics, chiefly devoted to the negro race, and its alleged 

 wrongs. Portraits of several of the contributors appear, but the editor 

 has mo>destly withheld his own for a subseq^ient issue. That of his son 

 appears at the head of an axticle entitled " Pleasures of the Imagina- 

 tion '-■' of which he is the alleged writer. This article contains a smooth- 

 ness of composition, a grace of words, and a sequence of thought that 

 is really surprising in a writer not yet out of his boyhood. 



Tbe Eev. W. 0. Eaymond, M.A., LL.D., who is well known as an 

 authority on local history has contributed an interesting article entitled 

 "The Negro in New Brunswick," while Dr. Dole, who has been before 

 alluded to, as one who has cheerfully contributed gratuitously to the 

 assistance of many impecunious promotors of local literar}^ enterprises, 

 graces its pages with a song. 



We now come to the last of the magazines which will be men- 

 tioned in this ipaper, namely Acadiensis. 



The origin of the name is too familiar to need any explanation to 

 such an audience as this. 



It has been the chief aim of its promoter to make the publication 

 of such a character that neither he nor those who have so graciously con- 

 tributed to its literary success, should have any cause to be ashamed. 

 How far he may have succeeded in reaching towards this ideal, is for 

 others than himself to judge. 



The magazine appears to have aroused more than a local interest, 

 and assurances are not wanting that its coming is looked forward to 

 with pleasurable anticipation in some of the centres of culture, both in 

 Europe and America. 



