ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 729, 3 July 1953, Page 14

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ATLANTIC IMPACT, 1861, by Evan > John; Heinemann, Australian price 18/9. Full treatment is given to a tense phase in Anglo-American relations. The affair of the steamship Trent is used as a Starting point for a wide historical survey. OADS TO AGREEMENT, by Stuart Chase; Phoenix House, English price 18/-. An account of "successful. methods in the science of human relations." Attention is given to such matters as "groups in action," conferences, arbitration, semantics, and "conditions of labour peace." [HE STORY OF NEW ZEALAND PLACE NAMES, by A. W. Reed; A. H. and A. W. Reed, 15/-. Full information about the naming of towns and districts. The meanings of Maori names are given, and there is much historical material. Useful for reference, and full of interest for casual reading. But is Paekakariki on the east coast of the North Island? And is Oxford south of Christchurch? QTALIN VERSUS MARX, by Klaus " Mehmert; Allen and Unwin, English price 8/6. An exposition of Stalinist conceptions of Russian and world history. NYONE CAN COOK! by Muriel Goaman; Faber and Faber, English price 9/6. Intended for people who have had no training in the gentle art, PHEAYS AND PLAYERS, by Bernard Shaw, selected and introduced by A. C. Ward; the World’s Classics, Oxford University Press, English price 5/-. Forty essays on the theatre written by Shaw in the eighteen-nineties. USTRALIAN SEASHORES, by William J. Dakin; Angus and Robertson, Australian price 45/-. A "guide for the beach-lover, the naturalist, the shore fisherman, and the student." It has been prepared by a distinguished scholar, and is admirably illustrated. Its greatest interest must be for Australian readers, but students elsewhere should be grateful for its comprehensive and expert treatment of the subject. OP LO i tl Oe al —