BOOKS WORTH READING
THE A.B.A. LIST The following list is compiled by a selected committee of competent judges, nominated by the Associated Booksellers of Australia. It is issued to serve as a guide to fiction of merit: — General Literature “ Bernard Shaw,” by Frank Harris, “ Outline of Modern Knowledge.” “ Since Then,” by Philip Gibbs. “The Duke," by Philip Guedella. “ Letters of Queen Victoria.” “ Seeing Red,” by Eve Grundy. “ And After,” by D. Bradley. “What Bird is That?” by Nevill W. Cayley. _ “ Music at Night,” by Aldous Huxley. “George Swinburne,” by Dr Sugden and Eggleston. “ Portraits and Appreciations,” by Viscount D’Abernon, “ Everyman Remembers,” by E. Rhys. “The Blue Bird’s Flight,” by Mrs Victor Bruce. “Autobiography of an Adventurer,” by T. Lincoln. Novels of Literary Merit “Mr and Mrs Pennington,” by Francis Brett Young. “ The Old People,” by J. D. Bercsford. "American Beauty,” by Edna Ferber. “ The Mother,” by Naomi Royd Smith. “The Waves,” by Virginia Woolfe. “ Seven Short Stories,” by W. De La Marc. Novels for Popular Reading “ Scaramouche —the King Maker,” by R. Sabatini. “ Results of an Accident,” by Vicki Baum. “Mary Leith,” by Ernest Raymond. “ Two People,” by A. A. Milne. “ The Marches of Honour.” by Ganpat. “ The King’s Goose,” by Alf. Tressider. “ Flower of Thorn,” by Marie ConwayOemler. “ The Night Visitor,” by Arnold Bennett. “A Tangled Web,” by L. M. Montgomery. “ Gay Go Up,” by Anne Hepple. “Vivanti Returns,” by Sydney Horler. “ Beyond Hell,” by Stephen M'Kenna. “The First Lasy Brendon,” by Robert Hichens. “The Law of the Lariat,” by Oliver Strange. Except !n the case or fiction the prices or Coolts and other publications Issued outside Australia and New Zealand reviewed on this page are the prices at the place of origin, and generally are subject to alteration In New Zealand.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21580, 27 February 1932, Page 4
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