ANTARCTIC READING

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 809, 1 November 1929, Page 14

ANTARCTIC READING

DISCOVERY MAKES SELECTION OF 100 INTERESTING BOOKS .1 lending library has been selected for Antarctica.' 1 It consists of 100 books, thr quota allowed to the Discovery by her *q*-n.pers for the scientific expedition •under Sir Douglas Mawson. Space is precious so that if the ship i frozen tu before she leaves Antarctic these ioo books must satisfy the c-firing of the ship’s company of 26 men, from boatsu-ain to marine biologist, from took to captain. XT VERYONE could probably choose with a little consideration the 100 books which he would like to have with him on a desert island. The Discovery will be for many months, to all intents and purposes, a lonely island with inhabitants representing every shade of education and taste. Of the hundred books which have been chosen with the desire to provide something readable for all the scientists and the crew, the “Daily News” gives the following summary: First on the list is the ‘Encyclopaedia Britannica,’ as a final court of appeal to settle all arguments when their use for entertainment is xhausted and the dialecticians are -atiated. The Concise Oxford Dictionary should settle all questions on t ifi fascinating subject of Words. “Seven was considered a fair proportion to allot to poetry, drama and philosophy. In so small a library ith so long a time of use, quantity of Matter and smallness of bulk are factors. After Shakespeare’s works all t lie modern playwrights but one are i ---presented by Harr? p’s selection, One-Act Plays of Today’; Shaw is the exception. ‘Saint Joan’ has i aught the selectors’ eyes. Masefield’s poems are chosen to suit a sealaring company, and the Oxford Book of English Verse provides the classics. ‘The comparatively large number «>£ twenty-four has been given to the History, Travel, and Biography section, with a view to the object of the fcbip, and eight to Popular Science. Polar Exploration naturally preponderates —Scott’s ‘Voyage of the Discovery,* his edited Diaries, Scott’s Last Expedition, ‘South and the Heart of the Antarctic,' by Sir Ernest Shackleton: Wild’s ‘Voyage of the Quest’; Priestley’s ‘With Scott in the Antarctic’; ’The Voyage of the Scotia / by three members of the staff; ‘Antarctica.’ by Hayes, and ‘Antarctica,’ by Nordenskjold; and ‘The Teeth of the Blizzard/ by the present scientific leader, Sir Douglas Mawson. “Oceanography, too, is well represented in this section, by ‘Depths of the Ocean.’ (Murray and Hjorth), ‘lntroduction to Oceanography’ (James Johnson), and ‘Science of the Sea’ « E. J. Allen). Here also are included

T. E. Lawrence's ‘Revolt in the Desert/ Hakluyt’s ‘Voyages/ ‘Travels of Marco Polo/ Fraser’s ‘The Golden Bough’ (abridged), Trevelyan’s ‘History of England/ Prescott’s ‘Conquest of Mexico,* Wells’s ‘History of the World/ Pepys’s Diary, Boswell’s ‘Life of Johnson,’ Lytton Strachey’s ‘Elizabeth and Essex,’ and ‘Great Short Biographies of the World/ a onevolume collection by Messrs. Heinemann. “For Essays we have Peacock’s selection, Milne’s ‘The Sunny Side/ and Mencken’s ‘Selected Prejudices,* •Neon on The Great Delusion,’ J. A. C. Watson on Evolution, Flammar ion’s •Popular Astronomy/ and Henry Clay’s ‘Economics for the General Reader’ complete the Popular Science section. The Debatable Section “Then comes the most debatable Section —Fiction —with 53 books; Cervantes, “Don Quixoteßabelais. •‘Unexpurgated Works Fielding. “Tom Jones.'* Sterne. “Tristram Shandy;’’ Scott, 48 Complete Stories; Jane Austen. Complete Novels ; George Kliot, “Romola Charles Read,. “Cloister and the Hearth Herman Melville, “Moby Dick;” Rolf Hold re wood, “Robbery Under Arms Ralph Rashleigh, (edited by Lord Birkenhead) ; R. L. S., Complete Stories; Dumas, “Count of Monte Cristo;” De Maupassant, Works; Borrow, “Lavenpro ;** O. Henry. Short Stories; Harriet Wilson’s Memoirs ( ed. James Laever) ; Meredith. “Diana of the Crossways;’’ Hardy, “Tess of the d’Urbervilles :’* Tolstoy, “War and Peace ;” Jbanez. “Mare Nostrum:’* Mark Twain, “The Innocents Abroad ;” Butler, “Way of All Flesh ;’* Conrad, "Nostramus;” I>onn Byrne, “Hangman's House ;” Locke, •‘The Rough Road Dostoevsky, “The Brothers Karamazov;’* Merejowski. “The Forerunner :’* George Moore, “Esther Waters W. W. Jacobs, “The Skipper’s Wooing ;*’ lan Maclaren, “Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush Galsworthy, •‘Forsyte Saga ;** Wells. William Clissold ;'* Wells, “A Quartette of Comedies Arnold Bennett, “Clayhanger.’’ Kipling, “Kim ;’* Chesterton. “The Flying Inn;** Barrie, “The Little Minister:” Dreiser, “An American Tragedy ;*’ Mottram, “Spanish Farm ;” Philip Gibbs, “Street of Adventure :’* Willa Cather, • Death Comes for the Archbishop :’* Rose Macaulay, Three Novels, 1 vol., “Orphan Island,” Crewe Train,” “Told by an Idiot :** Sinclair Lewis, “Martin Arrow--31 umith ;** Romain Rolland, “John Chris- ■ topher ;** C. E. Montague, “Fiery ParI tides ;” Conan Doyle, “Complete Sh<=>rI lock Holmes ;’* Birmingham, “Spanish Gold ;” Rider Haggard. “Allen Quarter--1 main Raphael Sabatini, “The Sea ■ Hawk;’* J. J. Bell. “Wee Macgregor;’’ §■ D. K. Broster, “The Flight of the Heron ;” ■ P. C. Wren, “Beau Ideal.’*