IT WAS BETTER DONE YEARS AGO

Radio Record, 8 July 1938, Page 30

IT WAS BETTER DONE YEARS AGO

MARGARET FERGUSON continues to produce books at a speed that forbids the cautious reader to. expect quality. Nevertheless, "Homespun." the latest of her novels to reach New Zealand, is a tolerable enough trifle of the romantic type. It concerns the daughter of an Indian colonel who marries a Lancashire coal-mine Owner far his money and finds it rather a hasty bargain. Jf you want to see this plot done really well, you should try to borrow or buy a copy of Ian Hay’s "The Safety Match" It may be out of print now. bnt it is worth the remembrance. "Homespun" never comes within coo-ee of improving on its story, its incident or its characterisation. "Hlomespun," -by Margaret Ferguson (Hutchinson and Co., Ltd,, London). Our copy from the publishers.