THE LURE OF MYSTERY.
Mysteries are always attractive. Tbey faswuate. Curiosity is oue of tbe strongest of buman instincts. If you forbid your daugbter to read a certain book tben wait and see wbat happens !" writes tbe Eev. J. T. Hodgson in tbe "Yorksbire Evening News " "Curiosity ean take low forms, as is found, for example, in tbe sneaking, spying person, usually of defective intelligence. But in its higber forms it becomes tbe motive of disinterested scientific research. "Tbe libraries are full of mystery yams. Even Dr. James Moffatt, ' wbo has given tbe world a 'New Translation of tbe Bible,' has written a mystery story. A reaily good mystery story is an excellent intelleetuai stimulus. One of the most popular preacbers of tbe day confessed to me tbat be loved to read a 'tbriller.' An exciting detective story is a very popular form of fiction reading. In fiction, of course, tbe readej expects to find a woman somewbere in tbe story # *Tbe 'love interest' must be brigbt or tbe book will pall. One Teason wby tbe lure of mystery is so great to-day is tbat life for many people is so ordinary. Tbere is so mucb sameness and nniformity abont it wbicb tends to make life dulL"
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 14, 1 February 1937, Page 6
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