THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 457, 15 June 1937, Page 6

THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

BOOKS ON THE SHELVES Thumbnail Reviews “Edward VIII,” by Hector Bolitho (Eyre and Spottiswoode).—A biography of the Duke of Windsor, planned and begun before his abdication. * ■» * “Loose Among Devils,” by Gordon Sinclair (Hurst and Blackett). — Tales of Devil’s Island and also of a trip through West Africa. * * * “The Valley of the Sky,” by Tarlton Raymenit (Angus and Robertson). —“Angus McAllen,” the hero of this book, hides the identity of one of Australia’s greatest pioneers.

“Blind Man’s Year,” by Warwick Deeping (Cassell). —The love story of a woman writer and an aviaitor who is blinded in a crash. * 4t *

“A Flat in Mayfair,” by Renee Shann (Collins). —On the death of her father, the heroine comer from the Irish back country to live in London with her wealthy mother.

"Masquerade,” by Mrs A. Sidgwick (Collins). —The Prodigal Son inherits his father’s estate, and the story tells of the reaction Ito him of the three women he finds in hit' father’s house.

"The Woman’s Side of It,” by Denise Robins (Ivor Nicholson and Watson). —Caroline marries a man older than herself, buit a previous lover comes back to worry her, and the meets a man whom sue recognises as the perfect lover. * * « “Across the Frontiers,” by Harry Edmonds (Ward, Lock and Co.) — Adventures in the tiny state of Liechtenstein. * * * “A Murder Will be Committed,” by George GoodchiM (Robert Hale ) An Arab fortune-teller informs Sundering, a Napoleon of finance, that on a certain date he will commit a murder,. * * * "The Splinter in Ithe Water Chute,” by J. W. Keightley (Stanley Paul). —Hilarious complications follow on the theft of a statuette called Doodles. ■S » * “Hide and Seek,” by Marcus Cheke (Collins). —A comedy of the London scene, embodying extraordinary adventures of well-known London types. * * * “Horseshoe Luck,” by W. C. Tuttle (Collins). —Featuring Sad Sontag, Swede Harrigan,, Hashknife Hartley and Shorty Woods. * * * Also added: “The Faint Heart,” by Ruby M. Angus (Hodder and Stoughton).