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OUR TWENTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY. 



Congratulations From Readers. 



Our twenty-first anniversary of independent publication in Australasia 

 lias brought us many kind congratulations from our readers, to whom I render 

 my heartfelt thanks. 



Space prevents our publishing many of the numerous letters of congratula- 

 tion we have to acknowledge, but though they do not appear in our pages, they 

 are no less welcome than those which do. 



HIS 



EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR 

 OF VICTORIA. 



Dear Mr. Stead, — Let me congratulate 

 you on the coming of age of the Review 

 of Reviews. It has done a great work 

 m knitting the English-speaking world 

 more closely together, and has un- 

 doubtedly helped Australians and 

 Britons to understand and appreciate 

 one another better. Your consistent 

 efforts to do this have my heartiest ap- 

 proval. In the far-away homes of the 

 Commonwealth it must indeed be a 

 boon, giving as it does so comprehensive 

 a record of what is going on in the dis- 



HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR- 

 GENERAL. 



Dear Mr. Stead, — I have much plea- 

 sure in congratulating the Australian 

 Review of Reviews on its " coming of 

 age," and in extending my best wishes 

 for its future. As far as I have seen, it 

 serves a most useful purpose in Aus- 

 tralia by its excellent articles, and in the 

 judgment it uses as to what to bring be- 

 fore the public. It has worthily main- 

 tained the traditions of the parent Re 

 view at home, and I trust that its success 

 is assured. — Yours ver\' trulx', 



