THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume V, Issue 457, 26 June 1937, Page 4

THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

I BOOKS ON THE SHELVES .} Thumbnail Reviews ! “The Valleys of the Assassins,’’ by ; Freya Stark (Murray). —“Th© book’s i most entertaining quality,” cays ‘‘The j Timet,” “is wit, spirkling dryl^. i ironical, gentle, expressed wiih th© < * * * ■ “The. Sea-Raklcr<'’ by E. K. Chai- ’ terten (Hurst and Blackett). —The ■ story ot the German raiding by surface ships. •V X- * I “Brctad Into Roses,” by Kathleen ' Norris (Murray).—Being jilted, Susannah Farjeon seeks consolation ) but finds that lite, in all | its ph ses, never stands still. * * * ' “Turn the Hour,” by Rosemary 'Reas (Chapmen and Hall). —A story 'of New Zealand life. * * * ! “Younger Sons,” by H. Drake- ! Brockman (Angus, and Robertson). — ! The theme of the story is the impoti sibJity ot transplanting the country I family tradition and life of the Old I Country to ,a raw colony, especially i when an alien scion has been grafted i on to the ancient stock. ■ “Ask the Brave Soldier," by Mary ■I Nicholson (Longman).—A story of I life in a Garrison Town. * * * ' “The Loss of the ‘Jane Voaper,’ ” Iby F. W. Crofts (Collins) —The I “Jane Vesper” is sunk at sea as a ; r. sult of mysterious explosions, and i Inspector French unravels an intri. : cate mystery. i > * * “Fancy Dress Ball,” by J. J. Farleson (Collins). —This wonder mystery is set in the Albert Hall, on the night of the Chelsea Arts Ball, on New Year’s Eve. < * * * “The Old Jew Mystery," by HerI bert Adams (Collins).—The story I starts with the finding of the dead ! body of a motorist, under hit car. * * * i “Death by Desire," by Richard ■C.oyne (Stanley Paul).- Tempi* ton. i the K.C. detective, unravels ih 1 I mystery of a plot which threatens <a | young Inventor.