BOOK NOTICES
MORE OPPENHEIM SHORT STORIES. A cheap edition of “General Besserley’s Second Puzzle Box,” by E. Phillips Oppenheim, should win ready popular favour. The author is an acknowledged master of the art of telling in polished but easily-flowing language, and with wit and point, stories of the kind that afford light and pleasant entertainment. General Besserloy, a retired American diplomat living on the Riviera, who applies himself with unfailing skill to the eludication of various problems and mysteries, is one of Mr Oppenheim’s most successful characters. The twelve stories in the Second Puzzle Box” are in every way worthy of what has gone before. Alike in their pleasant if sophisticated atmosphere, they are infinitely varied in their play of incident and character and in their frequently dramatic conclusions. Some of them are delightfully humorous. In common with much that Mr Oppenheim has written, these stories rank high in the class of light reading that enables one, without labour, to banish dull care for a time and enjoy mental ease and refreshment.
DANGEROUS HOLIDAY. Jennifer Ames has written many bocks which have made an immediate appeal to women readers, but none more so than “Dangerous Holiday." This captivating novel tells the story of Nurse Susan Beltinge, whose chief fault is worrying over other people’s troubles. Her doctor advised her to take a holiday as she was run down. Accepting employment with an eccentric woman she found what at first promised to bo a holiday turned into an adventure which endangered her life. The story is exceptionally well told and the characters are most lifelike. especially those of Dr. Lannon and Richard Leach as well as the principal person concerned. Nurse Bel-1 tinge. Though the latter found herself embarked on a “Dangerous Holiday,” everything in the end turns out satisfactorily for the two principal characters in the story. The above books, which are publish-
ed by Messrs Hodder and Stoughton, are obtainable from all booksellers. Copies have been received from the Sydney agent of the firm. Mr W. S. Smart.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAITA19391122.2.5
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 November 1939, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
339BOOK NOTICES Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 November 1939, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Wairarapa Times-Age. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in