BOOK REVIEWED.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 17, 31 October 1940, Page 2

BOOK REVIEWED.

A READABLE VOLUME. When Priscilla Janet Purdie Delaine inherited a shop from her aunt (on the Purdie side) her two aunts (on the Delaine side) -were horrified and insisted that she should sell it at once and bank the money, which would make a nice marriage portion for Priscilla. But Priscilla was no defeatist (on the Purdie side) and she battled with her Delaine aunts till they gave in and let her have her way. The shop prospered and then Redd Maitland came on the scone—and that was a very different proposition. That is how Anne Hepple’s latest book opens. It is entitled “The Taking Men.” The Maitlands had always been taking men. In the far away they had taken other people’s cattle for instance and now young Redd appears and falls for dainty Priscilla. He knew what he wanted and he set out to get it, difficulties only rousing in him the wild blood of his ancestors. At the same time, he played fair, and Priscilla capitulated. The story goes on smoothly and in a style that cannot fail to interest. For those readers who do not know Anne Hepple’s works this is an excellent introduction, and for those who do know it here is something with which they can continue their enjoyment. “The Taking Men,” by-Anne Hepple, published by George Harrap and Co., Ltd. Copy through M>' A. W. Hopkins. 1