"LUKE'S CIRCUS"
SPLENDID ENTERTAINMENT A novel of circus life possesses a distinct appeal to many people and "Luke's Circus,'' by Ruth ManningSanders, is certainly one of the best stories of its type which have appeared in recent years. Luke, as a boy of ten, is fascinated by circus and fair lile and contrives to get a job in one of the peripatetic shows. .He meets with numerous failures, for lie takes on all sorts of duties, but he gains experience and eventually wins through- until he becomes proprietor of a circus which gains a national reputation. No concise synopsis can do justice to this novel by' Miss Manning-Sanders, for it is powerfully written, is packed with many entertaining characters and stirring incidents. Luke's letters to an old are a delightful feature of an entertaining book. "Luke's Circns," by Rnth Manning-Sanders. (Collins.) '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23601, 9 March 1940, Page 4 (Supplement)
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