THE LATEST BOOKS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22066, 23 September 1933, Page 4

THE LATEST BOOKS

The following new publications. have been received in the most recent mails, and will, generally speaking, be the subject of - notice in these columns:— Fiction

Hodder and Stoughton: “ The Soft Spot,” by A. S. M. Hutchinson; “The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel,” by Baroness Orczy: “Understudy,” by Berta Ruck; “Paddy for News,” by Cecil Hunt; “ One-way Traffic,” by E, C. Ashby; “Follow the Blue Car,” by E. A. J. Walling; “Men for Counters,” by Gerard Fairlie; “Bitter Grass,” by Ruesell A. Bankson. • ■

Collins: “The Gowk Storm” by N. Brysson Morrison; “The Secret Service Girl,” by J. M. Walsh; “Other Man’s Danger,’” by Maxwell March; “ Innocents of Chicago,” by James Wedgwood Drawbell (4s net). , Mills and Boon: “ Buses Pass the Doof, by Joan Wales; “April Folly,” by Marjorie Warby; “The Back Bedroom,” by Jean Stretton; “Jerry Rides the Range,” by George M. Johnson (4s net). , Jarrolcls: “Old Flames,” by Collinson Owen; “Raw Gold,” by James B. Hendrx. Angus and Robertson: “Where the Plain Begins,” by John Truran (6s 6d net). Bodley Head (per Whitcombe and Tombs): “Missing! ” by F. E. Mills Young. Hutchinson: “ The Amateur Murderer, by Carroll John Daly. Crime Club (Collins): “The Affair at Aliquid,” by G. D, H. and M. Cole. .Murray: “Forthcoming Marriages,” by Mary Lutyens. • „ ' ■Jenkins: “Heavy Weather,” by P. G. Wodebouse. (Novels 7s net unless stated.) General Literature ■Hodder and Stoughton: “The Queen and Mr Gladstone, 1845-1879,” by Philip Guedalla (£1 10s net): “One Thing 1 Know,” by A. J. Russell (8a net). Eyre- and Spoltiswoode; “The Wild Horses of Iceland,” by Svend Fleufon, Ulus. Cecil Aldin (lls net); “Who’s Who in the Zoo,” by J. B. Morton, illus. Cecil Aldin (9s net). , vDent: “ History of English Literature, by Emile Legouis and Louis Cnzamian (new edition, 16a net). Angus'and Robertson: “ The House of Exile,” by Nora Wain (7s 6d net); “The Real M'Coy,” by Frederic F. Van tie Water (6s net) ; “ Jacko, the Broadcasting Kookaburra,” by Brooke Nicholls (4s 6d net); “Amateur Telescope-making.” by J. Cooper-Vines (2a net). : Werner ■ Laurie: “Cocktail Time; A Picture Book for Grown-ups,” by Starr Wood (Us net).

Book Saves Ship -Ap occasion on which, a book saved a snip has been . told to the publishers, Messrs J. M. Dent, by a friend of Major MTveand, who led an expedition to the Arctic last year. To avoid the arguments on various matters that originate on long expeditions Major M’Keand took a set of “Everyman’s Encyclopedia,’ which .proved of more practical use than he had anticipated. When the ship was 685 miles from the North Pole, the most northerly point reached on the voyage, at the end of the month of August, big blocks of ice were forming around everywhere, and it was, a troublesome question whether- or not the ship might be frozen in and have ,‘ to remain for the year. No one on board knew at exactly what temperature salt water'froze, and it was here that the Encyclopaedia proved itself so useful. The actual temperature of the Water was 28 degrees, and on looking it,up they found that salt water froze at 29,2 .degrees. It was evident that immediate retreat was imperative, for any one of the large blocks of ice which were all about them would have snapped the blades from their propellers with" a single twist. By careful manipulation, they got away from the freezing area.'