Books to Read

Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 5, 11 August 1933, Page 4

Books to Read

Literature in Demand at The Moment puis list, supplied by the Wellington Public Library, indicates books that are in genera] demand at the moment, and may serve as a guide to those readers who are looking for new and interesting literature. It will appear regularly in future. FICTION. Sabatini, Rafael: Stalking Horse, a tale of the Jacobites in England: and in France in the days of William and Mary. Queen, Ellery: American Gun Mystery. "Ellery Queen has long seemed to me to be one of the best detective authors now writing." (J. B. Priestley). Mason, A, H. W.: The Sapphire, a colourful and romantic story of mystery and adventure in Burma, picturesque and with humour. Wells, H. G.: The Bulpington of Blup. "The title suggests nonsense. But the story is not nonsense. It is both a character study and a vehicle to present some of Mr. Wells’s views. More concrete and better realised than many of Mr. Wells’s later sociological tales, it is a readable narrative of much vitality, in a more psychological vein than "Tono-Bun-gay,’ though not without traces of the zestful satire which somehow still makes the book stand out from the mass of Mr. Wells’s more ‘serious’ works." Garnett, David: Poeahontas, A of the life of the American Indian, beautifully written. GENERAL. ‘ McBride, P,: Philosophy of Sport. A survey of different forms of sport and games by one who "having :participated jin much of the former and many of the latter, has endeavoured ‘to look at them from different angles." Gilbert, W. S.: The Lost Bab Ballads. A collection of ballads previously unpublished. Maugham, W. S.: For Services . Rendered. A study of the after effects of war. A play centring round the members. of an English county family, all of whom have been affected. O’Brien, Edward J.: Son of the Morning. A life of Nietzsche stressing the importance in his life of the influence of Gosima Wagner. Sullivan, Hdward Dean: ‘This Kidnapping Business. A chronicle of famous kidnapping cases during the last fifty years, giving a complete resume of the Lindberg case,