THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 353, 6 February 1937, Page 6

THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Books On The Shelves.

“Seven Pillars of Fire,” (Herbert Jenkins).—Seven leading writers grapple with the problem of a world “wandering aimlessly in a wilderness of our own making," and unable “to reach the Promised Land, which M'an’s mastery ov*er Nature has made possible.”

“My Bandit Hosts,” by Tinko Pawley (Stanley Paul). —This is the story of the kidnapping of Tinko Pawley and her friend. Charles Corkran, in Newchang, China.

“The Cingalese Prince," by Brooks Atkinson (Hurst and Blackett).— This is the record of a trip round the world in a British freighter.

“Master of Ballamona." by Kenneth Gordon (Thornton. Butterworth and Co.). ‘The book is descriptive of Dan Collistsr, Manx farmer and local preacher, a domestic tyrant.

Thorston Hall,” by O. S. Macdonald (Selwyn and Blount).— A novel of the life of the farmers of the Lake District during the closing years' of the eighteenth century—the time when Wordsworh was a boy absorbing his impressions of Nature.

“Shadows' in Sunlight,” by Dorothy Wright (Hutchinson).—Joanna and Peter start their married life in the Welsh border country, but the gipsy strain in Peter’s blood rocks their love to its foundation.

“Love's Curse,” by Joan Conquest (Jarrolds). A Jove story in an Egyptian setting.

“Skin and Bones,” by Thorne Smith (Arthur Barker).— Quintus Bland set out to enjoy an evening and found himself: turned into a skeleton.

“The Line Riders.” by Christopher Cullery Ward, Lock and Co.). A Western story afid a detective story all in one.

Also added: "Much Loved,” by Ruby M. Ayres (Hodder and Strough Ion).