VI. 



REVIEW OE REVIEWS. 



April 1, 1913, 



It has been most cheering to receive 

 the hearty good wishes of so many 

 old and new subscribers, and to read 

 the kindly criticisms of our last num- 

 ber which have appeared in the press 

 all over Australasia. So large has been 

 the number of letters I have received 

 that it has been quite impossible for 

 me to acknowledge them all, and I 

 take this opportunity of thartking the 

 writers most sincerely for their stimu- 

 lating words and helpful suggestions. 

 The Review will, I am sure, bene&t 

 by the application of many of the lat- 

 ter, and I shall always be glad to hear 

 from any readers with ideas as to how 

 the publication can be improved. 



I have had to postpone my first paper 

 upon my father until our May num- 

 ber, but include in this issue a brief 

 tribute to his memory, by one who was 

 far more in touch with him and his 

 ideals, and, indeed, himself far more 

 like him, than any other of those who 

 gathered around him. I have read no 

 article upon my father which so ac- 

 curately portrays him as he really was. 

 If anything, it is almost too startlingly 

 true to life, and can only be read with 

 the deepest emotion by those who knew 

 him at all well. 



It is just a year ago, on April 14, 

 since the tragic catastrophe of the 

 " Titanic," and this month the leaders 

 of the Men and Religion Forward 

 Movement, to address whose Confer- 

 ence he was travelling to New York, 

 are in Australia. I hope that our 

 readers in Sydney and Melbourne will 

 do their best to help these earnest men 

 who have been so successful in awaken- 

 ing men to a sense of the need of help- 

 ing on God's work on earth. 



.The death of Lord Wolseley is the 

 cause of my publishing my father's in- 

 terview with him, rather than with the 

 Sultan, which will appear in our next 

 instead of this number as arranged. 

 The late Field Marshal and he were 

 always close friends, their bond of 



union bemg General Gordon, that great 

 mystic soldier and Christian, to save 

 whom from his fate at Khartoum both, 

 in their different ways, strove so strenu- 

 ously. 



The need for creating an aerial fleet 

 at Home is so vital that great pressure 

 is being brought to bear upon the Gov- 

 ernment to make adequate provision for 

 this new factor in modern warfare. Th^ 

 article, "The New War: In the Air" 

 (p. 141), sets forth clearly the danger 

 which threatens from the sky. 

 The airship is no longer a toy. It is 

 a deadly weapon. I hope to return 

 to the subject in our next number, 

 and show how Australia can help 

 the mother country most effectively 

 in the matter The May number 

 will also contain a most interesting 

 Character Sketch of King Ferdinand 

 of Bulgaria, by Mr. Gardiner, which 

 shows him in an entirely new light, and 

 explains how he arrived at the height 

 of his ambition ; and an article on the 

 future of the Northern Territory. 



I am anxious to interest as many 

 people as possible in the REVIEW, and 

 would be glad to send it to any friends 

 of our readers if they let me have the 

 necessary names and addresses. By 

 doing this they will help the REVIEW, 

 and please their friends. 



Rudyard Kipling recently complained 

 bitterl)- when, in order to lessen the 

 postage on some papers sent him, his 

 newsagent in London cut out the ad- 

 vertising pages — as is, alas, often their 

 habit. He points out that the adver- 

 tisements were often, to him, the most 

 interesting part of the publication. They 

 are now-a-days gotten up in a way thai 

 would have astonished us a decade ago. 

 Not only are they interesting reading, 

 their presence makes the production of 

 an up-to-date journal possible. One of 

 the best and easiest ways in which a 

 well-wisher can assist a publication in 

 which he or she is interested is to reply 

 to advertisements which appear in its 

 pages. 



