THE LATEST BOOKS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22824, 7 March 1936, Page 4

THE LATEST BOOKS

The following publications have been received by recent mails, and will, as far as practicable, be the subject of notice in these columns: — Fiction Heinemann: "Hands," by Charles G. Norris, 10s; "The Wind Blew West," by Edwin Lanham, 10s; "It Pays to be Good," by Noel Streatfield; "Christina," by Claude Houghton. Collins: " Meet the Dragon," by David Hume; "Right to the Heart," by Reita Lambent; "The Game and the Candle," by, Ann Stafford; " Old Soldier," by Frederick Niven. Hurst and Blackett: "The Dark Cavalier," by Dorothy Buck; "The Bannerman Case," by Jeremy Lord; "Montana Road," by Harry Sinclair Drago; "Love's a Luxury," by Barbara Stanton. Gollancz: "Canon to Right of Them," by Bruce Marshall. (Each 7s unless otherwise stated.)

General Literature Werner Laurie: "We Need Mosaic Law Now," by David Hamshere, lis. Murray: " Fifty Years With John Company," by Ursula Low, illus., £1 2s 6d; "Louis D'Orleans," by F. D. S. Darwin, illus., 16s; "The Story of the Bible." by Sir Frederic Kenyon, illus, se. , Macmillan: "The Outline of English Verse," edited by George H. Cowling, 6s. Dent: The New Temple Shakespeare—- " King Henry VI," in three parts, each 3s.

Gollancz: "Social Credit: An Economic Analysis," by John Strachey, 6d. Avery: "The Discovery of Dinornis," bv T. Lindsay Buick, C.M.G., F.R.Hiet.S., illus., 7s 6d. Angus and Robertson: "They Died With Their Boots On," by Thomas Ripley, 6s.

A Glimpse of Bennett Philip Inman in his recently-published " Oil • and Wine," describes a visit by the late Arnold Bennett to a London hospital. Bennett had visited a patient wl]» had written an appreciative note to him concerning his'books. He seemed shy and ill at ease. Before he left, Mr Inman suggested that he should visit the Children's Ward. He continues: '"He replied in a monosyllable. But when once inside that ward he became a different person. You can always judge a man by the way little children take to him. And soon he was friends with them all One little girl with auburn hair and big laughing eyes specially took his fancy. He remained chatting with her for n iong time. When he came downstairs the shyness and the silence had gone. He pulled out a loose and crumpled cheque from his pocket. 'That little girl—you say she comes a poor home —buy her the biggest doll you can find.' And the amount of his cheque was almost sufficient to purchase a toyshop."