BOOK NOTES.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 211, 20 August 1927, Page 4

BOOK NOTES.

MAORIS AND DIGGERS. Mr. Pat Lawlor first became known as an anthologist by his collection of “Maori Tales,” and he has now further added to his reputation by a collection of stories on the same lines. “More Maori Tales” no doubt will be given as popular a reception as the former volume. The best of the stories are probably—as was the case with the former collection—those that are not actually “funny” but which bring out the ingenious nature of the Maori race.

In a preface, Mr. Lawlor replies to those critics who objected to the vernacular speech he puts into the mouths of his characters.

“Digger Aussiosities,” an anonymous volume of tales from the battlefields, which were previously printed in, “Aussie” Magazine, is a book of a similar type to the Maori eollect'on. While not specifically stated as being real happenings, most of the stories read as though they were such. This is possibly on account of the manner in which they are related, the straightforward and artless style adding to the credibility, though occasionally tending to make one “miss the point.”