Tramper in Fiordland
"A Tramper in Fiordland, _ by Elsie I K. Morton tPhconix Printing Company). will please three _ kinds of people-—those who have visited our southern fiords and who will relive their experiences in Miss Morton s excellent descriptions and tine _ Photographs: those who hope to visit this glorious part of our land, whose desire will be quickened by what they read; and those who prefer to do their g tramping in an armchair by way of a book. The concluding chapter is a tribute to Donald Sutherland, the pioneer of Milford Sound and the discover of the Sutherland Falls. )t •'The Mermaid and the Simpleton, by Barbara Leonie Pickard (Oxford University Press) is a book of fairy stories in the Hans Andersen tiadition. They are not unworthy to be mentioned : with the masters of this age-old form of story telling. Here are queens, ' princesses, witches, herdsmen, pool ; soldiers, talking animals, winged horses, j and all the fairy story figures. Here, ' too, virtue is rewarded, wickedness . punished. and poverty enriched. Children will enjoy these stories.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23315, 26 July 1950, Page 5
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175Tramper in Fiordland Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23315, 26 July 1950, Page 5
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