SOME REVIEWS IN BRIEF

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23861, 11 January 1941, Page 4 (Supplement)

SOME REVIEWS IN BRIEF

A NFAT and extremely well printed x " publication is tin.* I'M() Annual .Magazine of the New Zealand Fducat ion Department's ('orrespondcnce School. The generous selections of excellent work by pupils of all stages—from tiio primers to the sixth form

| of the Secondary sect,ion—besides pro- | vidiitg interesting material for those I who follow educational development, make delightful and entertaining reading. \u me roils il lust rations—-sket dies done by the pupils and charming snapshots of the children themselves will appeal especially to the young readers. Splendid Thriller A K.C., famous for his deleiice of men accused of major crimes, is approached by an ex-Austrian Jew wanted liv the police for murder. The Jew tells how lie has invented an alloy thai will revolutionise aircraft:, since it will make il possible to produce a leather-weight Diesel engine; then he vanishes, and the K.C. with a photographer friend plunges into the affair, and is soon (with the Jew's lovely daughter"! being chased across Cornwall, being kidnapped and threatened with torture, and escaping. Finale to 1 his splendid thriller is one of those "seaseapades." though on a grand scale, that ends with the toiling of the \ ilia ins. "Tlie Tiojan Horse," by Hammond limes. i Collins.) Agatha Christie Herculo Poirot, cool and logical as ever, solves the latest of Mrs. Agatha Christie's murder mysteries in "One, Two. Buckle my Shoe." I lie story is full of surprises. Mrs. Christie has lost none of her skill "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe." by Agatha Christie (Crime Club.) Letters and Art Mr. F. H. McCormiek's Centennial Survey on New Zealand letters and art should have been divided into the two volumes its title deeply implies. The work: is well done but needs more space. More illustration would be especially we I com e. "Letters and Art in New Zealand." by E. H. McCormick. (Department of Internal Affairs.) Astounding Tale "Tassels on Her Boots." Mr. Arthur j Train's attractive title is quoted j from a song popular in New York ; in the '7o's. As a label, however, j the title is misleading. The story deals j less with New York's hooped and tas- ; selled ladies than-with her frilled and ; whiskered gentlemen—particularly with j those historical figures. "Boss" Tweed, Jim Fisk and the rest, who shamelessly used her municipal funds to feather their private nests. An astounding tale, set against a fascinating background.

"Toss"ls on Her Boots." by Arthur Train. (Ihitchinsrn.) Lovers of Bygone Days Mr. Horace Horsnell's haunting story slips almost imperceptibly into the slindowv romance of Regency days, so insidiously does lie evoke, from the ]o\ely interior of Castle Cottage, and the warm humanity of Miss Bligh (a lovable creature), the strange mishaps that besei the two lovers of bygone days. Th?re is a studied charm in the writing, and an air of Expectancy holds the reader eagerly to the end. "Castle Cottage." by Horace Horsneil. (Hamilton.) "Landfall" Of great topical interest, is "Landfall." an engrossing and highly coloured t.ale of an airman, whose professional career is saved by the perspicacious girl with whom he is in love. There is an air of authenticity about the flying details and mos-room talk. "Landfall." by Xevil Shut©. (Heinemann.)