Books to Read

Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 6, 18 August 1933, Page 4

Books to Read

Literature in Demand at the Moment eee TPHIs list, supplied each week by the Wellington Public Library, indicates books that are in general demand at the moment, and may serve as a guide to those readers who are looking for new and interesting literature. FICTION. PAGHANT, by G. B. Lancaster. It will be of interest to readers to learn that Dame Wdith Lyttleton, better known as G. B. Lancaster, came to New Zealand at the age of four, and spent some thirty years in the Dominion. "Pageant," however, her best-known work, is set in Tasmania, where she was born, and deals with the life of a family in the early days of settlement. RANCHERO, by EH. S. White. A stirring story of Spanish California in the 1840's. PRLGRIM COTTAGE, by Cecil Roberts. A romantic story which moves from the idyllic Pilgrim Cottage in England to Russia, outlining the hardships. of the Bolshevik regime. PEKING PICNIC, by Ann Bridge. This is an enjoyable story of life in the foreign embassies at Peking. GENERAL. WILD DECHMBERS. Clemence Dane’s new play about the Bronte family. Mr. GC, G. Cochran recently produced this play in London, but after a short run decided, in spite of the excellence of cast uud staging, that it held no promise of commercial success and withdrew it. Miss Diana Wynyard, who played Charlotte: Bronte, considered the play too fine a one to fail, and took over the production herself, with encouraging results. The play covers a period of about fourteen years and embraces most of the more important and famous incidents of the family’s strange career. THE AMAZING MR. NOEL COWARD, by P. Braybrooke. In the English theatre to-day there is perhaps no more talented or interesting figure than the actor, author, producer, Noel Coward. Plays, lyrics and revues flow in an ever-changing stream from his pen, all characterised by wit, brilliancy of construction and dialogue, and a certain amount of sophistication.