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REVIEW OF REVIEWS. 



tained for it the greatest admiration. I 

 see no reason why the success of the 

 past should not be more than repeated 

 in the future, especially under the new 

 management, which has already fully- 

 justified itself. The Review of Reviews 

 is the thoughtful man's magazine, and 

 every issue contains articles of outstand- 

 ing importance and special interest. 



visions of our inflated prosperity, and 

 men's minds were too intent on striving 

 to keep out of the Insolvency Court to 

 pay any heed to the call of literature. 

 The orily " books " which comrnanded 

 attention from all hands then were 

 labelled " Ledger " on the back. Yet the 

 Review managed somehow to strike its 

 roots even into this stony soil, and while 

 many of the contemporaries of its in- 

 fantile days have gone under, it is now 

 completing its 2ist year as an honoured 

 member. of the Fourth Estate, illumina- 

 tive, entertaining, and, above all, useful. 

 Apart from its literary merits, it is in 

 the last aspect that I have most appre- 

 ciated it. As a busy man and always a 

 voluminous reader, I have found its 

 monthly summary of the world's pro- 

 gress most valuable for reviving and 

 fixing the scattered dail)- records of the 

 morning papers. And it has struck me 

 that the great mass of information thus 

 presented, political, social and inter- 

 national, has been eminently fair and 

 impartial. In another aspect I think it 

 has been a great boon to be able, without 

 effort, to follow the opinions expressed 

 by the leading writers of the day, in that 

 great volume of contemporary thought 

 which finds expression in the standard 

 reviews and magazines of the old world. 

 I sincerely hope that you may realise 

 the highest success you can desire in 

 carrving out the admirable design which 

 emanated from your father's fertile 

 brain. Believe me, very truly yours, 



MR. HENRY GYLES TURNER. 

 Historian of Victoria. 

 Dear ^Ir. Stead,— In looking at the 

 file of the Review of Reviews, I see that 

 the Australian edition is just attaining 

 its majority, and I desire to offer you 

 my hearty congratulations on the vigor- 

 ous and progressive policy which is 

 noticeable since you have assumed the 

 personal control. The Review came into 

 'being in Australia in the most calamit- 

 ous period of our colonial existence. A 

 firiailci^l cyclone had shattered the 



DR. J. W. BARRETT. 

 Dear Mr. Stead, — I have very much 

 pleasure in saying how^ much I appre- 

 ciate the Australian Review of Reviews. 

 It keeps one informed in a pleasant way 

 of the various events of importance 

 which are occurring. The receptive and 

 sympathetic manner in which the Review 

 is conducted makes it very easy to ap- 

 preciate the significance of the great 

 events which are daily taking place. — 

 Sincerely yours, 



