Uarch 20. 1906. 



The Review of Reviews. 



XIX. 



THE REVIEW OF REVIEWS FOR AUSTRALASIA. 



(Annual Subscription, 8/6.) 



Editor-in-Chief 

 W. T. STEAD. 



Australasian Editor : 

 WILLIAM H. JUDKINS. 



CONTENTS FOR 

 Page 



MARCH 20, 1906. 



The Light of the World— Frontispiece 



Progress of the World (illustrated) 



How California Fights Her Insect Pes s ••• 



The Light of the World 



The Injetermiuate S«rntence ••• 



Representative Reform... 



Australia's Unhappy Insane; Dr. Ramsay Mailer 



The Largest Turbine Steamer in the World 



The Land of Silence : By W. H. Judkins 



Interviews on Topijs of the Month: 



A. 



2J7 

 232 

 235 

 236 



237 

 238 

 242 

 244 



A Great Scheme of Social Reform — Eev. 



Edgar 255 



Some Matters of New Zealand Interest— Hon. G. 



Swinburne 256 



What Should be Done with South Africa? 258 



The Free Church Victory and After— Dr. Cliflford 260 



Character Sketches — 



I.— John Burns of Battersea : W X Stead 



H. —In Memoriam, Joseph Chamberlain : VV T. vtead 

 III —Ihe ISew House of (Jcmmons : W.'i. Stead 



262 

 268 

 27U 



Paoe 

 Leading Articles in the Reviews — 



Lord Salisbury's Foreign Policy 276 



Russia's Economic Future 276 



Asia for the Asiatics 277 



Poor Richard! 277 



Can the Hypnotised Foresee? 278 



Campaign Funds and How They Are Raised 278 



The Saviour of the Congo 279 



In Dispraise of the American Woman 279 



Equality and Humanity 280 



The Liberal Leaders in Literature 280 



Is Jno. Bull Outrunning the Constable? 281 



The Latest Wonders of Applied Science 282 



Will Japan Be Christianised? 282 



Lifting a Whole City 283 



Manning to Gladstone 283 



The Arrival of the Labour Party 284 



The Making of a Dictionary 284 



Eastern Ideas of Female Beauty 284 



Individuality Versus Discipline 285 



A Famous Book 285 



'the German Royal Testing OQice 285 



The General Election 286 



The Revolution of the Twentieth Century 287 



The Chinese Press 288 



Speed Versus Fighting Power in Battleships 288 



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