WELCOME SEQUEL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23339, 6 May 1939, Page 4 (Supplement)

WELCOME SEQUEL

MORE qF THE ROLLING STONE

By GRAMMATICUS

George Digby's first book, "Goose Feathers," left everybody wondering ■what happened next. After New Guinea and Ceylon, surely the author was not going to settle down and grow cabbages like Diocletian! Jt would certainly be .tame after poaching Birds of Paradise. Well, the answer has arrived. "Goose Feathers" has its sequel. We are doubly grateful. If George Digby'has accumulated little moss in his wanderJogs, he has gained a wealth of experience, and he lias not been a journalist for / nothing. This time the adventures fill all the gamut, from copy-writing in Shanghai to rabbiting in Australia and shepherding prize Merino rams (or was it Roinnevs?) round the Horn. There are sections which would make excellent short stories in themselves. No reader will 'forget the story of Louise in "Goose Feathers." The sequel adds the merry tale of the magician in Shanghai, the strange incident of the haunted whare and the story of the provincial weekly. The latter was in a North Island town, For obvious reasons Mr. Digby concoals identities.

Let us. at any rate, refuse to spoil these good stories by reviewer's hints. Mr.' Digby is as full of interest as tho Wandering Jew, whom he actually met (another first-class story) in the Sydney Centennial Park. He should bfc read entire. Meanwhile, we hope he is still under tho redwoods working on a third book. Tho last dates in "Down Wind" leave room for more. And, by the way, what does the author look like? I had pictured him quite well until he mentioned casually that he was full sixteen stone. A veritable Falstaff! That spoilt it all. A photo, should accompany volume three. "Down Wind," by George Digby (Collins).