Books to Read

Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 14, 13 October 1933, Page 4

Books to Read

Literature in Demand at the Moment — THs list, supplied each week by the Wellington Publie 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. GENERAL. The Real McCoy: King of Rumrunners, by F, F. van de Water. Not so much a story of the underworld as it is a tale of the sea. Of fast carriers from the north with liquor for parched America. In his game of rum-running, McCoy was pioneer and monarch. De Valera, by Dennis Gwynn. Dennis Gwynn is the leading chronicler of modern Irish history, and presents the first able and concise, as well as comprehensive, biography of an unusually enigmatic man. ‘To those interested in the modern Irish Republican movement, apart from De Valera himself, this books will prove of unfailing interest. New Background of Science, by Sir dames Jeans. This book is addressed to the publie and makes no assumption of previous knowledge of scientific matters. FICTION. Grand Canary, by A. J. Cronin, By the author of ‘Hatters’ Castle," this book has nothing in common with its predecessor except a touch of melodrama. It displays, however, the same powers of graphic narrative, and deals with the story of a London doctor, who, smarting under an injustice, leaves his pracvice and takes ship for the Canary Isles, Follow the Blue Car, by R. A. J. Walling. A popular and exciting mystery story concerning the adventures of a private detective who received warning of a hold-up and of a mysterious blue car.