"PINK MAY."

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20722, 15 November 1930, Page 8 (Supplement)

"PINK MAY."

VERSES BY 14 BOB" LAWLOR. A slim little volume of verse, " Pink May," brings before the public the work of an Auckland poet, Miss Charlotte (" Bob ") Lawlor, whose Verses under the pen-name of " Ruthyn,"ha?e delighted the readers of many New Zealand publications. Miss Lawlor combines in her work the gifts of a fine imagination, natural grace of style, and a rare sense of humour. Add to these that precious quality best described as " the human touch " and you have verse of a quality that ensures for the writer a high place among New Zealand poets.

" Pink May " carries one back to the days of the Old Windmill in its prime— Oh, the, stories it could tell you, Of Auckland long ago!

One passes with tlie poet down the rosestrewn patlis of Dorothy Perkins, the Rambler, past the l.wiks of tliose " Lords of Labour," the Quay Street horses, and into many a sweet and charming byway. The poignant and oft-quoted lines of "The Little Grey Cat in Civic Square," show the writer as a warm and eager lover of animals, and all small, suffering creatures.

This little book is hand-bound, and illustrated with dainty sketches from the pen of the author herself, Hilda Wiseman, and Richard Self. It forms a suitable and charming Christinas presentation souvenir.