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HE OVERSEAS BOOK LEACU « BOOMt Under the Patronage of , i.j The Rt Hon. L. S. Amery, P.O. MP. ;. Field-Marshal Sir William Birdwood, Bart, G.C.8., G.C.5.1., G.C.M.G. \\ Admiral Sir William : Goodenough, G.CB, BTA, i Major Sir Humphrey Leggett, Kt, D. 5.0.. 4 The Rt. Hon. Lord Lugard, P.C., G.CM.G. '^ Major-General Sir Neill Malcolm, K.CJB, DSJXr Sir Charles Stewart-Wilson, K.CXB.-

The Pick of New Books a People who spend a large part of their lives out of Britain often com-plain-—and with some reason—of the difficulty that >they experience ih "keeping up with" their reading. Overseas there may not be the same sources of information regarding what has been published, or. the same facilities for choosing a book at sight, as at home. The Overseas Book League has come into existence to supply what is believed to be a widely-felt want. Through its service anyone living overseas may be assured of receiving at least one good book every month, carefully selected from the books which are likely to be most read and discussed at home, at a price considerably less than the published price in Great Britain. In every case it will be a new book (in an edition identical with that, issued to the general public in every particular except as regards binding), to be dispatched to members before the book, is on sale in Great Britain. Each book will be in a special binding, done in stout boards, of sufficient strength and durability to withstand the strain of the most exacting climate. At a price not exceeding FIVE SHILLINGS, plus postage,' members of the Overseas Book League are to be provided with a book sold to the public at from 7/6 to 21/- or'more. (The League stresses the Joint that it is able to do this only if its membership reaches a sufficient number to enable it to purchase on advantageous terms from the publishers and thus to pass on the "saving to its members. The aim will be to bring the price down below 5/- proportionately with the membership of the League.) Books will be chosen each month by a committee of experts who will have access to the preliminary lists and announcements of the literary world. Its aim wUI be to provide members with books of special merit chosen from the whole range of contemporary literature. The League has secured the close association of Messrs WILLIAM HEINEMANN. LIMITED, the famous London Publishers, whose name alone should be a guarantee of the excellence of the books chosen; but it is not proposed to restrict the selection* of monthly choices to the lists of any one publisher. Additional service which the Overseas Book League proposes to offer to its members is a monthly NEWS LETTER, which will be, sent without extra charge. By this means members are to be kept informed, in Notes and. in' some cases, re-