Light Fiction for Week-End Reading

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23061, 11 June 1938, Page 4 (Supplement)

Light Fiction for Week-End Reading

GODDESS OF IVORY

MOVING STORY

Society Outlaw

"She was tho type of English womanhood at its best. Spirited but balanced —tender-hearted but sane —with a soul that had no cramping limitations and an understanding that was as wide as the seven seas." This is the description of Lady Lctitia which appears in Miss Jean Barres' new novel, "Tho Ivory Goddess," a. story of lovo with a strong tinge of mystery and adventure associated with tho ownership of the ivory goddess. , "The Ivory Goddess." by Jean Barre«. (Wriglit and Brown.).

Phineas Spinnet, an established favourite in detective fiction created by Mr. Andrew Soutar, has a big task in "The Black Spot Mystery." It is topical in the sense that in recent months young men of London's West End society haOe offended against the law, and Mr. Soutar takes a society outlaw full of re' source who tries to outwit Scotland Yard. How he fares is related in this entertaining story. "The Black Spot Mystery," by Andrew Soutar. (Hutchinson)

When Bill Peppdr, a convict with three previous convictions, promised the young minister, Walter Rally, that he would endeavour to 20 straight he little thought that he would find so many friends anxious to encompass him round with tho gold chains of prayer and love. This novel (like "Windy Uidge") is written with sincerity and n kindly humour, and is ft moving and uplifting story.

"Gold Chains," by W. Kiley. (Herbert Jcnkius.) '