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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 15 October 1926, Page 6

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED

Among modern alilhors John I'.iiehaii Mauds in Ihe I'roul rank for fertility of imagination, vigorous Irealmenl and ami For abililv lo produce; niigiiial .:1m i- of thrilling inl-resl Sl'one.-, honestly yel brilliantly lold .Hid I'MVim; no miprOnsiou of i'! tin foe

(■•runiiift- liter offncl. One nlivayr; parts from liia leading cli irtc(.«'ia v.'il.h re-ifi-ol That Mr liih-lwi r".iJis-.-s this is demonstrate 1 U\ tii..- f.iet Ihal several of his lies I chara ;:',[•!.-, have reappeared in subsi'queiil novels. In "The Dancing Moor ' (llodder and SltMightou) we are re introduced lo Sir Edward Leilhein, who plaved a leading role in thai line stor\ ",'lohli McNab." which was set amidst il.igli.hiud ssiinloiindings. "The Dancing Moo, ■" in a further indication of Radian's urea! versatility. II has an entirely different setting. Leilhein hen' gain;', ihe confidence of a young Englishman and of a girl, heiress to a Creek island. She determines lo face a great peril alone, bill finds her destiny interwoven wilh that of the Englishman who had been haunted all his hie by a icgiilarly recurring dream. Their conrage is pill In a severe lesl m the working out ol an original and intensely interesting plot. It is a story of love and original adventure and provides, among other things, a splendid study of mod,rn youth, In c ase its Idle should mis lead', il should be explained Ihal "The Dancing M " has no relation whatever |„\i ball ro or jazz hall. Il is a In aulil'tii spot : "mil a valley so milch as an upland meadow. ... a place plainly hallowed and set apart. ." John Btichau's kite; t work is assured of the v. arm Weiconie if luel il ;'

Edgurd Wallace's repulalion as a nar-i.-itm- of mvsterv slories is well sustained in "The Squaiv Emerald" (llodder and Sloiighloii). The incident that gives the book its title is but one. of many connected with Ihe doings of three sisler.s whose love of excitement and ii ey leads I hem info adventures of a thrilling nature. They Form themselves inlo a .nan;; whose unorthodox methods of Ihe clever criminal lype lead lo l.ho diHelopnienl of numerous uuexpo led situations. Throughoiil, Ihe ele if mystery is well niainlauied bill Ihe inevitable happens in a remarkable way when Ihe identity of Ihe three women is established and their wrong doing exposed bv a girl tit leelive. The einienl issues of "Lib'" and 'Evervlatly's /Journal," published by T. Shaw Michel I. in Melbourne, are brimful of interest, "Life's"' conlolilM include splendid fiction by modern an Ihtirs. An arlicle of special interest to New Zealand readers of "EverylndyV deals wilb the career of Tbur/.a, lingers, the Wairarepa girl who tlevelojietl into

a brilliant dancer, went abroad For further experience and returned to her native land as leading tlauseuse in tin great Pavlova's ballet.