LITTLE KNOWN MALAY
"It is notable that little.has hoop writ, .'ten. or pub.Uplie.ii in reo'ont years' upon' the jSast Indiesj inljp. this- compafativoly unoccupied field of. litqrat'urQ, conjefi ♦' Magical Atalaya'' fey Ambrose Pratt. Malaya?' js. an AMtraliaurproducqa. book, apd i^ published: by Robertson and .Mullensj Ltd., .M^V boutne, q,ud it is well got upi ■■'•'■ " '"- The , author is .an "Australian, . well known in jburnalistia oiroleH ; who has boen asspcjatsd iwith the tin industry in Malaya. Ho vrritos mprq. than a tr^vgl book in desoribing the charriis of Sjani, Straits Settlenients, and, the Malay Peninsula; discoursing, upon the economics of the countries, He has faith in tho future of tin, ngt much in that of rubber, "and ha? miieh of interest to say about ripe culture, Over thirty illustrations are incorporated in tho text and greatly add tp the valuo qf the book. .. A sign of the times 'is the nurnljer of books • and bookleta appealing' in; Anstralia on the pubjecf "of winning gold from the grqund in' lieu of from the banks. The.l&tes.t pf tJiese, the tjHgg of: whiqh accurately desoribQ the . Gpn> tents, is f*Qetting Qfild'—an A.BiQ. of Prospecting ,ift Aystrjilia," -Our rqvieyv copy ..comes froni BobßftßOU, and Mullens, Ltd., Molbqurn-e. •■ '
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 114, 16 May 1931, Page 19
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201LITTLE KNOWN MALAY Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 114, 16 May 1931, Page 19
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