THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 404, 10 April 1937, Page 4

THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

j Books on the Shelves. I “We, the Living," by Ayr Rand 1 (Cassell). —The author is a Russian, i who has lived under-.the Soviets, and ; the story is one of Bolshevik Russia, •giving a panorama of conditions as seen by the author. j “Inspiration Volley,” by Coningsby j Dawson (Hutchinson). Scattered through the lovely Inspiration Valley, j walled by rampa ‘t-like mountains, are ; people of all shades of illusion, hoping ‘ to weave their IP res into a more magic ! pattern. j “Were I Thy I ride,” by Denise Robi ins (Ivor Nichelson and Watson). — '.Blind with ado'ation for Laurence ! Grey, Nicola is swirled into a vortex •of passion and excitement, leading i her to break all bonds. | “Nothing to ‘ Porgive,” by Dorothy (Lambert (Collins). —Creina Fitzgib- • bon marries an I goes to India. She finds herself si rrounded with admir- • ers and is cariied away by an over* 1 whelming desire to live and love dan(gerously. ! “Mistaken Lever,” by Arthur Soni- ’ ers Roche (Melrose). —A breezy story ; of a man who swore to marry a cer- '■ tain girl, and of another girl who • swore to marry the man. | “Cartwright was a Cad,” by T. E. B. Clarke (John Long).—A satire on the England of “die-hards.” “The Mussolini Murder Plot,” by Bernard Newman (Hutchinson). — —“Suppose Mussolini had been killed on the first day of the Abyssinian war! He very nearly was!” That is what the story is about. “The Mystery of Pine Point,” by Kathleen Norris (Murray).—The story is of a mysterious house, and its still more mysterious inmates: of a lost diamond and other complications. “Murder in Mesopotamia.” by Agatha Christie (Collins). —The victim is a member of an expedition which is excavating an ancient city. “Hoof Thunder,” by Clee Woods (Melrose). —The seven sons of Donald Macalpine rally round him and wage a gallant struggle to preserve the Macalpine range. “Stirrup Brother.” by Cherry Wil* (sons (Ward, Lock and Co.). —A story of the hatred of western cattle ranchers for sheep men.