December B.P. Magazine

IN a series of sepia -toned photographs of “Sydney’s Bays and Beaches,” exquisite glimpses of rugged headlands, placid sunlit waters, and sand-girt coves are the highlights of the December number of the B.P. Magazine. This issue of Australia’s finest quarterly contains a host of beautiful pictures that will soothe the soul and charm the eye of every lover of the out-of doors.

“Unknown Papua,” a graphic account of his recent patrol through primitive territory, written by Mr. Jack Hides, the celebrated young A.R.M., and “Frangipanni,” a colourful short story of New Guinea, lend an Islands flavour to this handsomely printed magazine.

Informative sketches of Jamaica—Pearl of the Caribbean, Willis Island—Birthplace of Cyclones, and Gotland —Romantic Isle of the Baltic, are a delight to desk-bound readers. There are also notes of people in the public eye and interesting jottings on fashions, films, music and the dramatic ai For the cover design, Walter Jardine has com bined sails and steamer, sky and seagulls, and the swell of rolling seas to symbolize the lure ot travel.