THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 445, 29 May 1937, Page 4

THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

BOOKS ON THE SHELVES Thumbnail Reviews “My Flying Life,” by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith (Melrose) .—This is the atuhenti.c autobiography of the great Australian airman, who dictat- , ed most of it and supplied the material for the remainder. “The Street of the Fishing Cat,” by Joland-a Foldes (Angus and Robertson). —A Hungarian family finds a home in the street of the' Fishing ' Cat —-a tiny alley near the Quays in Paris'. “Royals Free,” by Elinor Mordaunt (Michael Joseph).—Red-haired Jimmy Crowther was born with a lust for life, and he had a life of adventure on the sea, “Rustle of Spring,” by Betty Trask (Collins).— Tony Willing, a bright young lady, sets out in search of a job. but a bus accident brings a man into her life. “Cut Flowers,” by Guy Fletcher (Cassell). —Jennifer was a sales.girl in a beautiful flower shop, but at times things did not go quite so well as desired. “Foils of Silence,” by Henry St. J. ! Cooper (Sampson. Low). —A romantic story woven round a murder. “The Tiger in Men,” by Denise i Robins (Ivor Nicholson and Watson). •—A s'tory of love and hatred with the i frozen wilds as background. j “Royal Wedding,” by Florence RidI dell (Hutchinson). —Events which I have- happened in Europe during the • past thirty years provide the author | with the material for this s'tory of • revolution, assassination, plot and ' ccunter-plot, and love. i “An Untold Tale,” by Lady Kitty ■ Vincent (Jenkins) —British secret I service agents follow a clue of a verse |of three lines through Scotland to Heligoland, where the last act of the drama takes place. j “An Off-Shore Wind," by Barit. | meus (Rich and Cowan). —This col. | lection of s'tories deals mainly with ; the reactions of sailors to what Con- ; rad has described as the unrest of - the land. | Also added: “The Case of the Ccunterfeit Eye,” by Erie S. Gard- ' ner (Cassell).