A Book Of Hours

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 106, 7 May 1938, Page 12 (Supplement)

A Book Of Hours

A BOOK .which itß publishers, Messrs. Harrap, describe as the meditations of a vigorous and noble mind, and as revealing a wealth of truth and philosophy, is Mr. Donald Culross Peattie's "A Book of Hours." And the description is just. It is a series of essays corresponding to the 24 hours of the day, and touching in meditative fashion on the most diverse subjects—bats, infect life, faith, irmrjinn I ion, the demagogue, rushhour li-iiiiir", Ihe spood of the earth, the privilege (if our personal gannoiit.% and (i;i|il<M>. Like Mr. Peattio's Other writing, i he cKsiiys arc :iot only chaste and lucid in 'vie, thev are largely prose poems. Si.iuc may think them sentimental lierc !i]i,i ihere; they are, nevertheless, marked, for the most part, by rent thought nnrl originality. 'Juke, as an example, the following extinct - From Demosthenes to Hitler, from (■"ieerii to Mussolini, European history ("Mill be faniy well outlined by it* ora.tory; the Froneh Revolution alone produced more onod s|x-eehes Ulan America m the l. r >o vrars of her existence a* a natinn." Ami Mr. Peattie is an Ami.ri.-Hn; The book i 8 admirably suited for btdUiuu reading.

Chinese Christian. A BOOK that wift appeal to a wide circle of readers in the Dominion is "Into God's Family" (Marshall, Morgan and Scott). It is the work of that earnest and gifted young native of Shanghai. Andrew Gih, Like his story of his life, published a short time ago by the same publishers, it is divided into two parts. In the first he tells the story of six outstanding converts from Buddhism. Confucianism, etc. In the second part he discusses and shows how success in evangelism is attained. It is a moving and inspiring book.

♦ ♦ =f f From the Publishers Explosion, hy P. C. Wn»n; Beauty's Daughter, ny'Kathleen Norrls (Muiray). Catherise Dewfall, ny M. Pearco; Six Golden Angels, by Max Brand (Hortder and Stong-liton). Wisden: Cricketers' Almanack, 1838 (Whltaker and Sons). Practical Astrology, By Edward Lyndoe (Tutnam). The Confessions of a Thug, by MeadowsTaylor, edited by F. Yeats-Brown; Guernica: The Official Report (Eyre and Spottiswoode). Summer Moonshine,, by P. 0. Wodehouse; The Eye of a Needle, hy M«ry (.race Asliton; The Moon Killer, by James c.urhftt; Gilded Clay, by Cameron Carr (Jenkins). The Writings of E. M. Forster, by Rnse Mae.aulay; Lions and Shadows, by Christopher Isherwood < Hofrarth Press). Globe Girdling, Vol. 11., by Sir Montague Burtuu iwtniuiiall Priiilerles, Leeds}.

♦ ♦ + 4Boohs in Local Demand The foUowUifr list nf hooks in demand at Auckland Public Libraries is supplied by the chief librarian:—■ NON FICTION The Seas Wers Mine—By Howard Hartman. One Man Caravan—Ry R. E. Fulton. Hard Liberty—By Fred BlaVeley. U.S.A.—By n. n. Mowat. How to Overcome Competition—By Herbert N. Casson. FICTION. London Lovers—By Denis Maekall. Race Vactit Mystery—By Brurr Murder in the Mu-t —By Wliitman Chnmbprs. This Was Their Youth—By Ralph Fox. Pirkney'e Garden—By Aeil Bell.