SMYTH'S SECOND EFFORT

NZ Truth, Issue 1229, 20 June 1929, Page 6

SMYTH'S SECOND EFFORT

THOUGH most of the stars m New ■ Zealand's literary firmament be- -.-, long, to the .feminine class, mere man is still apparent m" small numbers splashing a little ink m an endeavor to, interpret to the world our customs and train of thought. 7 7 Advertising has claimed the attention of Walter Smyth, the Christchurch novelist, for the past fifteen years, but m his spare time he has been able to scribble a few pages of fiction m a national setting, depicting life m the backblocks of New Zealand, and his second book just published, is a helpful addition to the Dominion's literary wares. The London; "Times" said so;. ■ , - iMiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiHiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiilitmiiiiiiiiiiiiiii