SOME REVIEWS IN BRIEF

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23601, 9 March 1940, Page 4 (Supplement)

SOME REVIEWS IN BRIEF

A Varied. Selection

By COLOPHON

J|R. K. H. O'HALLORAN, well known in Auckland teaching oircles, has produced an extremely useful schoolbook in his publication "Beyond the School Gates." The ambitious aim is to tell boys and girls all about the world and its work. Mi*. O'Halloran has succeeded in doing it all in small compass and simple language, and has had the happy thought of filling his pages with attractive sketches from a colleague's pen. "Beyond the School Gates." K. H. O'Halloran. (Printed by Abel Dykes.) Food Values They were happy days when our harcly grandsires could eat what they liked and thrive. The modern stomach, such is the strain of life, needs to know all about food values and vitamins. "Food," says the publisher of Miss Plimmcr's little book, "is the first line of defence against the enemy." The author has regimented all we eat in coloured charts and explained our dark processes in a lucid text. Her book is both interesting and useful. i "Food Values at a Glance," V. O. Pllmmer. (Longmans.) Rev. Lionel Fletcher Men of goodwill in Auckland retain happy memories of the Rev. Lionel B. Fletcher's popular ministry in Bereslord Street Congregational Church. Since leaving the Antipodes, Mr. Fletcher has won wide success and usefulness in the Okl Land. His "Kneeling to Conquer" is a series of addresses given at Keswick, where a famous Christian convention is held. Friends of the author will recognise his simple, telling style. "Kneeling to Conquer." L. B. Fletcher. (Marshall. Morgan and Scott.) "The Path of Life" Canon Peter Green is another churchman who can speak in the language of evervdav speech. In his latest little book, "The Path of Life," he relates his intensely practical Christianity to a number of daily problems which are as common as human joy and sorrow. The result is a devotional book which will find wide acceptance. "The Path of Life." Canon Green. (Longmans. ) Napoleon's Crowded Day History, unduly compressed, can be misleading. The task requires an expert. Mr. H. Butterfield, the Cambridge historian, is such an export when the sphere of study is Napoleon's crowded, perilous day. To write of Napoleon, clearly and accurately in 120 pages, is his achievement. In a world of dictators the study of the careers and fates of their historical forbears is of more than usual interest and usefulness. This little book will be widely read. "Napoleon." H. Butterfield. (Duckworth.) Angela Thirkell

Mrs. Angela Thirkell knows how to produce a quiet atmosphere and a plot of simple characters and homely human interest. Her latest novel is in Iter usual setting, the English countryside. "ft is extraordinary," said Mrs. Mjddleton, "how many things can happen before lunch." It is. Readers will study the list with interest. "Before Lunch," Angela Thirkell. (Hamtsh Hamilton. >