NEW ZEALAND STORIES
"Firiki's Princess, and Other Stories of New Zealand." By Mona Tracy. Ghristchurch : Whitcombe and Tombs.
It is always interesting to review' a book written by a New Zealander. There are, unfortunately, too few of them to be found in a land whose "island story" is brimful of romance, fraught with stirring incident, and steep&d in ancient custom. Miss Tracy is, then, to bo congratulated on her book of literary sketches, with their truly New Zealand background and atmosphere. Some of her stories deal with Maori legend, some present the Maori viewpoint, and some (such ns the name-piece, "Piriki's Princess") relate rather to present-day happenings; but all are distinctly New Zealand. Miss Tracy has made the native bush, with its wondrous vegetation, a very real presence in her sketches. Possibly she exhibits a tendency to introduce too many native names of plants, but this is easily understood when it is remembered that the articles were originally published in a Christchurch paper, and therefore were primarily written for New Zealand readers, to whom the names would generally be familiar. This is a charming little book, and a modest but welcome addition to the national literature.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 52, 29 August 1925, Page 17
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196NEW ZEALAND STORIES Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 52, 29 August 1925, Page 17
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