A METEORIC SUCCESS.
"The Bookman" is the authority for the statement that the sales of C. J. Dennis's "Sentimental Bloke" reached 55,000 in its first year and to 66,148 in its firet year and a-half. "Ginger Slick" in its first six months sold to the number of 42,349 copies in Australia ancj New Zealand alone. All about cycling, except how to get . a bicycle for nothing,, is contained in "Cycling," published by the Temple Press Ltd.,. London. The little book avoids technicalities, as much as is consistent with a clear statement of all a cyclist should know of his machine and how to use it. There are valuable hints also to prospective purchasers of machines, suggesting where to look for the best points in a ; machine and where to find the weak ones. i
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 5, 5 January 1918, Page 11
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134A METEORIC SUCCESS. Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 5, 5 January 1918, Page 11
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