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The Review of Reviews. 



October 1, 1906. 



THE WINDSOR MAGAZINE. 



J'he August WimhoT is just the sort of magazine to 

 take with oue on one's holiday and read under the 

 shade of the trees or by tlie" sea. Most attractive 

 of its contents is Mr. Traiford's paper on the art of 

 Mr. Marcus Stone, with sixteen superb reproductions 

 of his pictures. Mr. B. J. Hyde tells the little-known 

 story of the inspection by the Board of Trade on 

 sailing day of the great liners that cross the Atlantic. 

 Mr. B. F. Robinson weaves together facsimiles in 

 colour of pictures in Vanity Fair illustrative of cele- 

 brities in rowing, games and athletics. 



PUULICAriONS RECEIVED. 



Seventy Centuries of History. 

 It is rather an ambitious work to undertake to give 

 in two volumes of about 500 pages each a history of 

 the world from the earliest known records, through all 

 stages of civilisation, down to the present dav, and 

 such a work would be invaluable to students "in the 

 present day. The man who can svstematise and 

 svnthesise, who can put facts in a nutshell, give bird's 

 eye views of long happenings and of nianv events, is 

 one of the most invaluable of his kind. Tliis has been 

 done m " Seventy Centuries of Historv," bv J. X. 

 Larned, whose work as a historian is" well" known. 

 t-rea a casual glance at its pages gives one an idea 

 of the vast amount of work that has been put into 

 It. and of its merit. It divides the seventv centuries 

 into great epochs ; the epoch of civilisation "and known 

 i.iiipires; the epoch of the Greeks and Romans; the 

 eooch of the Middle Ages; the Renaissance ; the epoch 

 oi political revolutions ; the epoch of science, me- 

 chanism, democracy, and the transforming of the 

 world. These divisions give an excellent idea of the 

 scope of the work, and it has been made verv much 

 more serviceable by the illustrations, the indexing 

 the marginal notes and the maps. The marginal notes 

 themselves are a great help by epitomising, as they 

 do. the contents of each page. Indeed, we have come 

 across no work just similar to this, and it ought to 

 find a ready sale. Another feature which ought not 

 to be passed over is the very complete character 

 sketches of the chief personages in each epoch. The 

 illustrations are very fine. Without exceotion thev 

 a™ from famous paintings or sculptures. One travel's 

 with lightning speed down the seventv centuries, taking 

 m the main points and the determining events of the 

 history. Tlie book ought to find a place in every 

 library. Every page is crowded with facts, and the 

 history is the very thing for the student who has 

 neither money nor time to spend in buying and in 

 reading many books. 



Irrigation and Land Drainage. 



Mr. W. Gibbons Cox possesses a name which is 

 toii^ throughout Australasia as an authoritv iinon 

 Irrigation and Land Drainage. He has just published 

 a work under this title. It is a work which will appeal 

 not simply to those who study the academic side of 

 the question, but also to the practical culturist and 

 the grMier. Mr Gibbons Cox contends verv stronglv 

 —and certainly he supports his contention with a vast 

 amount of proof— that the Governments of Queensland 

 and New South Vales would spend money wiselv and 

 well If they developed the underground supplies of 

 water, and utilised the money which is now being 

 expended on huge water conservation works in develop- 

 ing the artesian supplies. Of course there is much to 

 be said in favour of the former. There is no loss bv 

 evaporation and leakage, and the enormous cost of 

 dam construction is saved. One very interesting chap- 



ter is that relating to alkaline waters. The author 

 predicts that, as bores are multiplied and the flow thus 

 increased, the water will become of a better, if not of 

 an absolutely perfect, quality. Everv cultivator and 

 land-own^r especially should secure a eopv of this 

 work. We will foiTvard a copy to anv subscriber on 

 receipt of 6s. 6d. 



,Di j''„^i''"°'' Traffic," by "A Moderate Drinker" 

 (Blunde 1 Bros. ; 9d.), a booklet of 100 pages, dealing 

 very exhau.stively with the question which is attract- 

 ing a great deal of attention just now, and civine a 

 great deal of valuable information concernmg the 

 effect of No-license in New Zealand. 



"The "Elementary Geometrical Properties of the 

 Farabola. by K. S. Cross (Melville and Mullen; Is. 

 9d.). An extremely useful handbook for those desiring 

 to take the Senior Public Pass examination in Geo- 

 metry. 



"Prison Reform,'- by Rpad Murphy. P.M. (Melville 

 ^d Mullen), a handy little treatise of .50 pages on 

 Prison Reform. Xo one should be able to write upon 

 this theme more effectivelv than the presiding Magis- 

 trate of a Police Court. Mr. Murphy is an enthusiast 

 on the question, and anyone desiring information and 

 suggestions upon this very important phase of social 

 reform work cannot do better than secure this pamph- 



■■ The Reformer," by S. J. Williams, a pamphlet of 

 some 10 pages, dealing with a vaiietv of subjects, rang- 

 mg riom Industrial Unions. Land Resumption, State 

 Xotes^ Issue, Private Enterprise. Civil Governments, 

 Ihe Resumption of Gold Mines. Tlie Drink Traffic, 

 VVar. Ihe Press, to the supposed doings of human 

 beings on the other side of the grave. 



There is no better penny publication of a reform 

 character m the world than the "Outlook.'' which is 

 published m Dunedin. Each month this enterprising 

 lournal publishes, in addition to its ordinarv n^ws a 

 literary supplement, and the August number "deals with 

 such interesting articles as " Sidelights on Authors of 

 lo-day, a criticism on Dr. Mabie's treatise, "A 

 Study in Soul-wmning": Principal Patricks "James 

 the Lord s Brother " ; Professor Orr on - The Pro- 

 blem of i-he Old Testament " : and the Rev J S 

 Ponder contributes a striking article on "The Strategic 

 March of Modern Missions.' .The "Outlook" is more 

 than a denominational paper. It is a library a 

 literar.v store. The editor puts a vast amount of work 

 into his paper. The September 1st number 

 deals with a number of social reform sub- 

 Oects. Its " Side-lights on Authors of To-day " 

 deals with Antonio Fogazzaro, John Oliver Hobbes 

 Marion Crawford, and Richard 'WTiiteing. The poete' 

 page IS made up from selections of New Zealand 

 singers. 



" Giiides Thro-igh the Scriptures." bv the Rev A 

 East Harrison (Tytherleigh and Bayne. 6d ). second 

 edition. Rarely has so much been put in a booklet of 

 b4 pages. The work bears marks all through of the 

 most careful stud.v. and one of the most unioue fea- 

 tures of the book is a system of charts, which' convey 

 111 a very remarkable way the lessons upon the foni- 

 GosDeis which the writer wishes to convey. This book 

 should be of the very greatest help, not simply to 

 members of churches, but to all students of the Bible 

 Ihe same author has also issued, at 9d., " GuideB 

 Dirough the Minor Prophets.'' 



The first nu'iiber of the "Settler." the or^'an of 

 the Closer Settlement movement, makes a good show 

 It has articles on " Our National Assets." giving 

 tacts and figures about our frozen meat trade, and 

 the poteutialities of a new preserving process, and a. 

 descriptive article on " Wagga " (New South Wales) 



