BOOKS IN DEMAND

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12643, 31 December 1926, Page 12

BOOKS IN DEMAND

-AT WHITCOMBE AND TOMBS Asquith, Lord.—“ Fifty Years of Parliament” (2 Pots, 55/-) Pemberton, T. J. —“Gallipoli To-day” (9/-) Doughty, (Charles M.—“ Travels in Arabia Deserta!' [37/6). Lincoln, Joseph C.—“ The Big Mogul ” (6/-) Macaulay, Rose.—“Crewe Train ” (6/-) AT THE PtJBLIC LIBRARY Mtlt r, L. J.—“lt Happened in Peking.“ Haggard, Rider.—" The Treasure of the Lake " " Walpole, Hugh.— 'Harmer John.' 9 ' Mosley, Chris.—“ Thunder on the Left.” Galsworthy, John. —“The Silver Spoon.” . to know that the great writer, edited by R. Brimley Johnson, liked the view of the sea Jrom the windows of tho ' .boardinghouse by fiTe esplanade, that - the prospect of the hills thrilled her mind, that in some respects she regarded the beach as unique. But if more of these details were left out such volumes as this would be more welcome than they* ore. FROM TUTANKHAMEN’S TOMB Stories of famous gems bringing tragedy into the lives of their possessors are common enough. In “The Golden ’'Scarab” (Herliert Jenkins, London)—tho scarab was stolen three thousand years ago from tho tomb cf Tutankhamen—there arc tho usual consequences of which tho author, Major-General Adve, has taken hold in attractive fashion. Hie discovers- of the scarab after throe thousand years W plague to various people, hy honest people, is made at the very time when \ the ancient tomb of Tutankhamen is j opened. The discovery gives interest ( and point to the story of the scarab, J