“Shibli” Listens In.

In connection with the Hans Andersen Centenary this year it is not generally known that Mr. Johannes C. Andersen is a descendant of the famous writer.

The proposed new Australian fiction magazine, “South,” referred to by me recently is, as a Sydney correspondent mentioned to me this month, “still down South.” It may appear shortly.

“The Australian Mercury,” a new literary magazine edited by P. R. Stephensen, recently made its appearance in Sydney.

Two books by the veteran New Zealand writer, Mr. James Cowan, are now in the press and will be published shortly.

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