BEST BITS FROM NEW BOOKS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 185, 22 July 1911, Page 2 (Supplement)

BEST BITS FROM NEW BOOKS.

No man’s jealous over a woman un- ’ loss . . . he taros for hor.—“MidI Channel.” By Sir A. W. Pinero. I I There's no use making th? same rules I for mon and women. God made them j different, and different they’ll bo so j long as rhe world lasts.- "Half a Truth ” Uy “Rita.” Of a sane man there is only one safe definition : lie is a man who can have tragedy in bis heart arid comedy in his head.- “A Chesterton Calendar.” ♦ * « • Famdy lies have a nasty habit of dc- | veloping into family knots. - “Billy.” i By I’niil Methven. | Cleverness must be tho s-’rvnnt .. - jto sin'critys .."A Fair Home." Uy 1 Hugh de Selineoiirt.

I V Happiness is like the echo; it (inswers but does not come. ‘'G-olrl'.-n Thoughts of Carmen Sylva.” Translated bv 11. Sutherland Edwards. » «■ » ♦ (This) i? an age of democracy, ii'.d success is the only standard. Gentle birth, culture, traditions--what nrc thov but dross in the market? “Th** Fiddler.” Bv Airs. J. O. Arnold. »'» « • W.-ir is a dreadful thing, and unjust ' war is a crime against humanity. But if. | is such a cri.ne becans* it is unjust, not ■ became ii 'S war. --"European and Afi liran Addresses.” By Theodore Ro«*;c--t o!t.

I No man does a thing better for L.avI ing his confidence dampod at the out- ■ set. and to speak of difficulties is in a | sense to make them.-—“Widder<hin".” I Bv Oliver Onions.