TENSE AND EXCITING
Success in writing a mystery story! comes from keeping the tension at a high -pitch. In 1 Eastern Week-end,’ by Jocelyn Playfair, this is accomplished to a marked degree. The seen® is the outskirts of a Malay iofvn. Chinese servants, a Secret Service agent, and a beautiful dancer are among those in the picture. _ ; A little imagination will show the possibility of unusual and exciting developments, and the reader will not be disappointed. The publishers of this book are Hodder and Stoughton.
We have received a copy of the supplement to the jubilee number of the ‘ New Zealand Surveyors’ Journal.’* It consists of a series of articles containing reminiscences of survey work; in this Dominion in the past, when io was attended often by much toill exposure to the elements, and shortage of food. These articles will be read with interest by all who are attracted by the romance of the pioneer days.
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Evening Star, Issue 23699, 5 October 1940, Page 4
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156TENSE AND EXCITING Evening Star, Issue 23699, 5 October 1940, Page 4
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