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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21940, 14 November 1936, Page 13

SHORTER NOTICES

living by the F«t By OeoU »“*• Georye G. Harrap and Co. 256 pp* (5/- Jnet.) This “practical guide to journalism and novel-writing” by the fiction editor of the “Daily MaiT wIU help anybody who has talent, industry, and sense. Mr Hunt’s practical turn of advice is so strong that he can say bluntly, “Young men and women who can be dissuaded from embracing writing as a career, or even as a remunerative habit, should ' be dissuaded.” Anne of Windy Willows. By LM. Montgomery. Angus and Jtobertson. 271 pp. (6/--> Anne Shirley, principal of J3ufmerside High School now • • - • Windy Willows is her address; and from there, after three years, she writes Gilbert her ‘last letter (Of the many in which most of the story is told> “for a long, long time”; because “after this there won t be any heed of letters.” The three years humour' and ' stress are woven into one of Miss Montgomery’s graceful romances.;

The Black Tenia of Arabia* By St. Baawari. Hurst and Blackett. 266 pp. (3/6 net.)

Mr Ras wan’s book, of which R, B. Cunninghame Graham wrote that “it sets before you the whole Arab life arid point of view as vividly as something seen in a flash of lightning,” is here reprinted at the low price of the publishers’ Paternoster Library.

Spanish Raggle-Taggle. By Walter Starkle. John Murray. 488 pp. (5/- net.)

This is a new* cheaper edition of Professor Starkie's delightful account of his summer in Spain, as a solitary, strolling minstrel. It deserves to find many new readers and -will disappoint few if any.

Night after Bond Street By Elisabeth Ann Loring. Ivor Nicholson and Watson Ltd. 284 PP. Through Whltcombe and Tombs Ltd

A luxurious beauty parlour is the centre of this story. Attendants’, and clients’ lives are woven into its pattern, which is highly coloured and sharply contrasted in pathos and rapture.

Challenge to Happiness. »y. Maysle Greig. Hodder arid Stoughton. 314 pp. From W. S. Smart

A love story by a specialist in the happiest variety. The misunderstanding between Tom and Sara ends in her “sobbing against his shoulder , . , She was son happy that she didn’t know what else tp. do.” So that’s all right.

Lordly Love. By J. Eric White. Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd. 255 pp*

A prattling romance, as witness these words:

She listened until he had flnlteed his story, and her face, so pure and true, lifted to his., “Edward, dear, to me your money is as nothing, but you are more than my life.” . „ , “I know it, Trasila, and I thank God that He guided me to you, even although it was only through; poor, restless dream.” • That evening, for the sake wd times, wag for pxuofh - (I) T6e Disappearance d teftegßy Winifred Norling. 268 (H) Michael Gerahty, Detediwf,. .By Margaret Strickland. 273 pp. flil) The Dadllngford Mystery* .By Irene L. rinnket. 224 pp. Byre and Spottiswoode. (8/6 net each.) .

Three volumes in the publishers’ Reward Series for boys and girls. The stories are very good and the books well printed, substantially bound, and illustrated; but the illustrations are no great attraction.

Touch-Me-Not By Anne Hepple. Hutchinson and Co. 320 pp. Through Whltcombe and Tombs Ltd.

This much-admired novelist’s new story concerns a girl, left almost iresourceless but with heavy responsibilities, under the guardianship of a man against whom her blood ran rebelliously. However, cardiac and circulatory trouble is Anne Hepple’s business.

Steve. By George Goodchlld, Robert Hale and Co, 284 pp.

George Goodchild turns from Scotland Yard to the Wild West Steve, his hero, turns his back on the Three-Star Ranch and rides north with his wad. He loses it, and finds a new job, and high peril, and romance. Two good turns.

Pataka. Selected short stories by New Zealand authors. Edited by John Kington. “K” System, Audited. Of the 21 short storie#collec;ted for mass publication bobk, two or three show signs of promise, the majority are weak, and some are deplorable.

Yukon Patrol, By I* C. Douthwaite. Blackie and Son Ltd. 217 pp. (3/6 net.) A neW novel at reprint price, this is an exciting tale of the adventures of Adam Warden, of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, set to the task of cleaning up a “bad town” in the Frozen North. •

Inspiration Valley. By Coningsby Dawson. Hutchinson and Co. 288 pp. Through Whltoombe and Tombs, Ltd.

A peaceful valley in the Canadian Rockies, disturbed by the discovery of gold and the “antics,”- as somebody calls them, of the fanatical Doukhobor nudists; and through this runs the purple thread of Jack Deering’s love story, involving the “proud arid inaccessible” Countess Vera and another, who “meant nothing” to him.

Diamond Coast. By A. D. Divine. Methuen- and Co. Ltd. 172 pp. (3/6 net.)

A new story, at reprint price, about two boys, Dirk and John, who are captured by the smugglers they have detected and- are carried off to sea, but whose wits and pluck bring them through, in triumph. Specially written for boys, and sure to please them.