SHORTER NOTICES

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21400, 16 February 1935, Page 15

SHORTER NOTICES

Fit or Unfit for Marriage. By T. H. Van de Velde, M.D. Chapman and Hall. 3G2 pp. (10/6 net.) The author has quite a reputation on the Continent as a specialist in the problems of marriage and he has a number of books to his credit on this subject. The title sufficiently explains the contents and the manner of treatment does not overstress the physical side. Cold-Eyes. By James Francis Dwyer. Methuen and Co. Ltd. 277 pp. A secret service thriller, full of furious movement, agonisingly narrow escapes, and noble self-sacrifice, crackled out in a sort of machinegun prose. Silly stuff, really, but what of that? God and Mrs Broom. By Julian Swift. T. Werner Laurie. 356 pp. The . characters and destinies of tenants in a block of flats, through the all-seeing eye of Mrs Broom, who "does" for them. Some human insight, some humour, too many emotional tangles and tensions. Only the Best. By Betty Trask. W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd. 252 pp. Romantic vicissitudes: happy young husband deserte'd by his wife, nearly crazed, not very successfully consoled, worse tortured than ever on his wife's return, but -it last showered with blessings. The Sign of the Star. Bj' IV. Bower i Black, L3L.D. Presbyterian Book Room, Christchurch. 15 pp. (3d.) The minister of St. David's Church, Auckland, has set out two little essays in pamphlet form. One treats of the Christmas message, the other is called the Mystic Haunting of the Ages. Readers of Mr Black's former brochure will be glad to have these further specimens of his attractive writing. Signposts in the Way. By James I. Gray. Presbyterian Book Boom, Christchurch. 62 pp. This booklet is the work of a Christian missionary in India. His answers to questions in the religi- . ous life asked by his congregation are printed here for the benefit of a wider public. i Godlessness, Chaos, and the Christ. By i John A. Allan, M.A. Issued by the Publication Committee of St. John's Young Men's Bible Class, Wellington. 18 pp. From the Presbyterian Bookroom, Christchurch. A very well-informed essay in the moral and religious confusions of our time. Hiram Golf's Religion. By George H. Hcpworth, D.D. Angus and Robertson. 124 pp. (2/6.) Hiram Golf is a shoemaker in an American village, and, in conversation with the minister and other local worthies, expounds his philosophy of life. Couched in a villager's simple language and illustrated by everyday examples, this philosophy must appeal to many.