THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 365, 20 February 1937, Page 7

THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

' Books On The Shelves. | i I j Treasure,” l;y William La' ! Vai re (Hur; t and Blackett). This is , I the'story of th author’s seventh ex- ; J rc.Ution through unmapped areas ol i • noithe.n South A'merica, accompani- |‘ '. ed by h's wife. - * ‘ x< .. ! “Ev ..rymaii’s Englr?ncl, ’ by Victor | ; Cv.Lii.ng (Hodder and Strough'on); 'j This bouk ; ..cords the ' impressiom. of j a young man who has set out to d.s- 1 ; cover th? England of o.uinary. m.n I and women. “Not W.sely,” by Sinbad (Stanley i i Faui). —Anne is ever at \ 'ar not' with ; i others, but hi n elf. Th reader fol j ! lows her Adventures as artist’s ! | med. 1, author’s secretary and i.t< w- j ; ardess on her sailing ship. * * * 1 “Under Mcsccw Skies,” by Mau- j i rice Hindus (Gollancz). —The Russian j ! Revolution, says th.. author Jn his | • foreword, has moved in cycles. The j 1 third cycl - was the Flan, with its | j d.-olructioii of private trad? an 1 the ; : <•-1. v.t .ViSivticii of land. “The setting | ■ of th.s novel,” says the author, “is j • the critical mom nt of the third ; cycle, which to me will al» Uys remain one of the saddest and most heroic I periods in the' Revolution, and which ; in my judgment will decide the des- ; tiny of the Russian p ople more than j any z olher event in their history.” ■ “New Zealand Calling,” by 11. GT ! more Smith (Thos Avery and Sons). I —Two young Englishmen touring the • Dominion are the chief actors in the i story, which revolves chi fly around i them and the lady ow'ner of Happy • Valley homestead and her Scotch and

Maori relations. ■ “The Melody Lingers,” by F. J. I Thwaites (Jackson and O’Sullivan).--- I ; Are ambition and self-confidence suf I ficient for success? Dale Jenkins be- ! ' lieved that they were; and tae story [ j tells of his. battle with life, his disi grace and his regeneration. -x- * -xI 1 “Mrs. Murphy Buries The Hatchet./’ ;by Agnes R. White (Selwyii and { , Blount). — The story follows on from | : the author’s first novel, “Gape Row.” ! ** * j i “Along the Road,” by Arthur Hod- i } ges (Thornto-iii, I’utte> - worth)|. —This.’ • is described as an “authentic chroni- ; cle of N: v.' York life, far . removed j j from the America of gangsterdoiti and ; i (ilms. -X- -X- -X- ; “The Bannerman Case,” by Jeremy I Lord (Huist and Black'tt). —Colon- ; i el Creevy, D S.O.y retired, becomes in- I ; volv; d in a tragedy of sinister sfgni- ! ficance and national importance. j 'I * . * * i ■ , “White Wolf’s Feud,” by Hal Dun- ! • I ning (Ward, Lock and Co.). —There | i ■ was a rek ntless feud between Jim- > i Iwin Allen and Quony Lee, and nothi ing cxc pt death could end it. -X- -X- -X- ’ I “The Sheriff of Elk Ridge,” by Ma • son Macrae (Ivor Nicholson and Wat5 ; son). —The story of a savage warfare i which divided Elk Ridge into two I ■ camps; I’ ! -x- ■ j “A Pah- o’ Mavf-ricks,” by R. O 5 i Case (Ward. Lock and Co ). —“Joker” i i O’Shea and “Deuce” Hogan have exciting adventures in the lively desert I towns of Cayuse City and Hotrocks. I’ -X- -X- ’ -XAlso added: “Committee,” by 1 | Diana Darling (Hodder and Strough - • ton).