REVIEWS FOR READERS

Feilding Star, Volume 3, Issue 575, 29 May 1925, Page 6

REVIEWS FOR READERS

' "TWO NEW COHN STALK S ~y Angus and ' Robertson s pocket TizcT Cmust-alk Library grows. The enterprising Sydney firm sends the two latest additions. ‘‘A. Sydncysidc Saxon” is a very interesting tale of country life in Australia bv Rolf .Holdrcwoodr whose fame came with “Robbery Under Arms/’ This is a novel of pioneering days, with touches of tragedy, a.nd final happiness. "Colin's Store Hook.” by Legli Hell, comes at tiie right time. It carries a baker's dozen of bedtime tales lor little folks, ranging in their subjects from Santa Claus to fairies and nature studies. The clear print is enhanced by drawings from the dainty pen of Hugh AI c - Crac. I TWO FROM CASSELL'S The House of Cassell has scored again with a brace of good novels. “Coral” is the sequel by clever Compton MacKenzie to In's “Carnival,” Coral, the heroine and pivot. a hater of convention, in the fascination of youth and enthusiasm would count the world well lost for love. A striking contrast to her tenderness and self-abandon-ment stands out her lover, concealing a deep love under an assumed brusqucncss. “Sea Horses,” by Francis Rrett Young, is more entertaining and exciting than its title suggests. J.t is a love story that, dcvlops at sea. having its in oeption in the circumstance that Captain Glanvillc consented to give Helen Salvia a passage to Panda. Ry so doing he shipped trouble for himself and bis crew. The outcome was not what Helen had anticipated. HOURLY II HAD HOOKS From John Lane Ltd., the London publishing firm, comes a small parcel of the latest issues. “Professor, How Could You” is the latest whimsicalitv of IJarrv Loon Wil son. the versatile creator of Merton of .the Movies, Ruglcs of Hod Gap, “Oh Doctor! and "So I his is Gull!” In his now novel Mr Wilson-is absolutely at his cleverest, and the Professor is a distinct creation and there are episodes as well .as wit. “ Why I am a. Christian” is by Dr. Frank Crane the prolific, author of a dozen books. There are 100 brief essays, eminently practical. DiCrane says that all the religion ho lias ho is lisimrc ‘‘J_ am carrying no extra luggage. I am’ nnCloading '!]) with a lot of beliefs that ■make no matter. What: religion I have is LOO per cent practical.” In meet t he demand for the works of the late Anatole France, one of the literary giants of modern France, Hodley Head is issuing a half-crown edition. “On Life and letters ot Anatole Prance.” The series is complete in four wellbound volumes, containing genuine, and delightful causerics. TIL H LATEST MAGAZINES The Complete Story Magazine : for April 10 features a 90-page complete novel of mystery, < “Tangles,” by Carrington Phelps. ' There arc also five short stories. i Popular Mechanic for May ear- ; rics a. very valuable Radio section, with the latest news in the world i of the wireless. All the latest . tilings in science and invention ' are recorded in the many pages of ] this, great: magazine. 'l’lie Windsor Magazine for May ; has agreeably changed the stylo of < its cover, and the contents arc en- ' tcrtainingly agreeable also. Hugh Walpole contributes a short story, 1 there is a timely article on Galli- < Cim-i and her home, and Miss, < Kathleen McKano writes some ] more on. tennis. 1

Tlic Mid-Pacific Magazine for March, most profusely illustrated, carries an article on fish in New Zealand waters by the Hon. G. M. Thomson, besides numcrous other articles of a geographical nature.

Through Wm. Carthow and Son come copies of April issues of popular magazines. Hutchinson's has a very strong literary and artistic ollering. including a serial by Gilbert I‘rankau and short stories by Baroness Orezy, Marjorie Bowen, and Marie Van Vorst. Hutchinson s Adventure Story Magazine carries long stories by Allan Dunn, Bedford James, Arthur Mills, and Wm. Merriam House. Cassell’s Magazine has a very strong special article by General Morgan exposing sensationally Germany’s disregard of the peace pact in disarming. In the fiction department there are two long novelettes and a number of short talcs by the -best writers.