REVIEWS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3789, 8 May 1928, Page 1

REVIEWS.

Wje have just received the following latest reviews from Messrs Hodder and Stoughton Ltd: — ‘‘Flambeau Jim,” by Frank H. Spearman.

Frank H. Spearman is wellknown as one of the leading “outback” life writers and will be recalled as the author of “Selwood of Sleepy Cat,” “Whispering Smith,” and “Nan of Music Mountain,” novels of humour and pathos, villainy and rough goodheartedness. Now this author presents “Flambeau Jim,” a realistic picture of frontier life on railroad, ranch and in little towns, but a charming love story runs through all its wild scenes and exciting episodes. You will be delighted with “Pickie,” his new character, as a frontier girl of outstanding personality and charm.

“Rhoda Fair,”- by Clarence Budington Kelland.

“Rhoda Fair” is a book of absorbing interest that will prove a popular favourite. The author tells the story of Rhoda Fair and her exciting quest for happiness. It is a quest that leads her into the brooding mystery of the East and through a series of spectacular adventures. How she, at last, finds wisdom and love involves one of the strangest spiritual adventures in recent fiction.

“Rebellion,” by Mated •Howe. Farnham. M. H. Farnham’s first book tells of a girl who rebels against the domination of a father who has walled her about by a love which threatens to develop into tryanny. When she reaches womanhood she discovers her love for her chosen man thwarted and then open rebellion breaks out. The author pens a poignant story, the roots of which search deeply into life. He aptly depicts the revolt of one generation from that which nurtured it. The story tells of the age which loves, but will not understand, and depicts how youth which perennially longs for new scenes and is impatient of restraint, and leads up to the theme that vitality and freshness together are so often the cause as well as the chief characteristics of the rebellion that this admirable and mature novel depicts. “The Carved Trail,” by Arthur Preston Hankins. “The Carved Trail,” is a book in which the author uses the “hoboes” and “rodriders” of the States as the chief characters. The tracking down of “Frisco Slim/ the notorious “Yeggman,” ‘provides plenty of excitement and the reader is given an insight into the habits and lingo of the hobo. Tho book provides interesting reading right through and ultimately shows how a hobo made good.