[Editor: These literary reviews are extracts from the “Short notice” section published in The Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW), 8 March 1902.]
Short notice.
We have received a copy of the “Review of Reviews for Australia” for the current month. In addition to the usual notices of books, reviews of the magazines, the history of the month, etc., it contains a further instalment of A. C. MacLaren’s “England Against Australia in the Cricket Field;” Rudyard Kipling’s much-discussed poem, “The Islanders;” an illustrated account of “The Greatest Shipbuilder the World Has Ever Seen” (Sir W. H. White, Director of Naval Construction); and other original matter, besides extracts from the leading reviews and other publications of the month.
“Etiquette in Australia” reaches us from Messrs. William Brooks and Company. The get-up is unpretentious, but the contents are all that could be desired, and the work is a compendious and accurate guide to all matters affecting manners. Chapters are devoted to introductions, visiting cards, paying visits, morning engagements, weddings, “at homes,” dinner parties, balls, behavior in public, juvenile manners, small courtesies, correspondence and modes of address, Vice-regal etiquette, the art of dress, wedding apparel, the trousseau, etc. The work deserves attention on the part of all who require information in these matters.
A volume of poems by A. G. Stephens, with 30 illustrations by Norman Lindsay, entitled “Oblation,” will be published this month.
Source:
The Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW), 8 March 1902, p. 57
Editor’s notes:
A. G. Stephens = Alfred George Stephens (1865-1933), an Australian editor, publisher, author, literary critic, and poet; he was born in Toowoomba (Queensland) in 1865, and died in Darlinghurst (New South Wales) in 1933
See: 1) “A. G. Stephens”, The Institute of Australian Culture
2) Stuart Lee, “Alfred George Stephens (1865–1933)”, Australian Dictionary of Biography
3) “Alfred Stephens”, Wikipedia
at home = a social gathering, informal party, reception, entertainment, or function held at someone’s home; a reception of visitors at certain hours at one’s home; available or willing to receive visitors at one’s home
get-up = a set of clothes worn by someone (especially regarding elaborate, showy, or unusual garments); clothing, costume, dress, outfit
Messrs. = an abbreviation of “messieurs” (French), being the plural of “monsieur”; used in English as the plural of “Mister” (which is abbreviated as “Mr.”); the title is used in English prior to the names of two or more men (often used regarding a company, e.g. “the firm of Messrs. Bagot, Shakes, & Lewis”, “the firm of Messrs. Hogue, Davidson, & Co.”)
Norman Lindsay = Norman Alfred William Lindsay (1879-1969), an artist, sculptor, art critic, and author; he was born in Creswick (Vic.) in 1879, and died in Sydney (NSW) in 1969
See: 1) Bernard Smith, “Norman Alfred Lindsay (1879–1969)”, Australian Dictionary of Biography
2) “Norman_Lindsay”, Wikipedia
Rudyard Kipling = Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), a British poet and writer; he was born in Bombay (India) to British parents, with the family subsequently moving to England when he was five years old; was particularly well-known for his children’s stories in The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book; he died in Fitzrovia (London, England) in 1936
See: “Rudyard Kipling”, Wikipedia
[Editor: The paragraphs of different subject matter have been separated by the insertion of rows of asterisks (* * * * * * *) which did not appear in the original.]
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