THE BOOKSHELF.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 125, 28 May 1932, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE BOOKSHELF.

NEWS AND REVIEWS. A STEPHEN McKENKA SUCCESS, STUDY OF BYRON.

The English Press gives long notices to Mr. Aldous Huxley's Utopian romance, "Bravo New World," which Chiitto and Windna have published. The shortest and severest that we have seen appears, in the "London Mercury," over the name of J. E. 8. Arrowemith. The greater part of it is just this: "After reading the first chapter of Mr. Huxl«\r'i new novel I was reminded of a phrase in 'Murius the Epicurean,' that has stuck with me ever since reading it, some twenty years ago: 'There are some things which a man may not look upon. . This was the Roman's reaction to a grand display of blood and slaughter in the Coliseum. It was my reaction to Mr. Aklous Huxley's imaginings." Probably it will be the reaction of a good many readers.

For general convenience and ready utility, a handy textbook, dealing with the new rent and interest reduction and mortgage measures, has boon published by Butterworth and Co. (Australia), Ltd., the well-known legal publishers. The authors of this guide to tho ninny changes that have been made in the legislation referred to are Messrs. J. P. Kavanagh and C. E. H. Ball. The parts of the National Expenditure Adjustment Act dealing with rent and interest reductions and the imposition of a stamp duty on interest from Government and local body securities arc republished in full, together with valuable explanatory notes and cross sections. Tho legislation relative to mortgagors and tenants lias, been included in properly arranged form.