Books to Read

Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 15, 20 October 1933, Page 4

Books to Read

Literature in Demand at the. Moment See THIS list, supplied each week by the Wellington Public Library, indicates books that are in general demand at the moment, and may setve as a guide to those readers who are looking for new and interesting literature, GENERAL, The Moscow Trial, by A. J. Cuni-mings--Mr, Cummings was one of the two English journalists who were granted permission by the Russian Embassy to proceed to Moscow to report the trial of the British engineers involved in charges of sabotage. This book is an eye witness account by a trained observer of one of the most dramatic trials of the century. What would be the Character of a New War, by Sir Norman Angell and international experts-This book deals, in a cold and scientifie way, with the horrors which will be inevitable if another war occurs. No one could read Dr.. Woker’s contribution on chemica] and bacteriological warfare without deciding to do one’s utmost to prevent such abominations, FICTION. Mr. Pete and Co., by Alice Hegan Rice.-A novel by the author of the world-famous "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch." With unfailing sympathy she reveals to one half of the world how the other half lives, and triumphs by winning the affection of both. Mr. Pete is a vagabond, the black sheep of a blue-blooded family, and the story deals with his adventures. Two Black Sheep, by Warwick Deeping.--An intensely human story of two erring mortals and what they made of their lives. Its dramatic quality increases as the narrative draws to its climax, and the vividness with which the various charecters are delineated is equalled only by the ingenuity of the plot. :