THE LATEST BOOKS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23595, 3 September 1938, 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 Mills and Boon: "Seascape," by Elizabeth Carfrae; "Shadows Across the Sun," by Marjorie Moore; "Wife for a Wager," by Fay Chandos; " Rose of the South," by Valerie K. Nelson, 4s.' Hodder and Stoughton: "To You, Mr Chips" by James Hilton, 6s 6d; "Not To Be Taken," by Anthony Berkeley; "Prelude for War," by Leslie Charteris. Hurst and Blackett: "Mud on My Stockings," by Oliver Sandys. Hutchinson: " Mischief in the Wind," by Isabel C. Clarke. World's Work: "If I Die Before I Wake," by R. Isherwood King. Crime Club: " Mrs Warrender's Profession," by G. D. H. and M. Cole. Chatto and Windus: "Youth Goes Over," by Robert Brasillack, 10s 6d. Methuen: "The Last Express," by Baynard H. Kendrick. Gollancz: "Rebecca," by Daphne du Maurier. .... Heinemann: "Design for Dying," by Helen McCoy. £ , .*. (Each 7s 6d. unless otherwise stated.) General Literature

Angus and Robertson: "Think and Grow Rich," by Napoleon Hill, 7s 6d; "Australian Parrots," by Neville W. Cayley, illustrated, 12s 6d. Nicholson and Watson: "Mme. Prunier's Fish Cookery Book," illus r trated, 9s. , „„,.,„. Harrap: '"Dancer in Madrid,' by Janet Riesenfeld, illustrated, 16s; "Americans All," by William Seabrook, 13s 6d. n ;' ■ Heinemann: "Quest for the Griffin, by Robert Atkinson, illustrated, lis 6d. ,_ „ . Hutchinson: "Reporter," by Francis Perrot, 16s; " Everyman to His Wife," by Cosmo Hamilton, lis 6d. R. E. Corder's Experiences Publication of " Paperchase," by James Dunn (R. E. Corder), a wellknown Fleet street man, recalls a tribute to him published at the outbreak of the war: In Rotterdam city, James Dunn, Keeps a vigilant eye on, the Hun, And fires off despatches, in regu--1.3.1* t)3.tcllGS Like a humanised fifteen-inch gun. Mr Dunn was Daily Mail correspondent in Denmark and Holland, and as a member of the Admiralty Intelligence was arrested at the instance of Germany, tried, and acquitted on a charge of endangering the neutrality of Holland. He has fascinating tales to tell of the crack German agents, of midnight assassinations, and espionage across the border. Stories of India Victor Bayley's knowledge of the India which is hardly touched by modernity is profound, and in a new novel to come from Hale, City oi Fear," he forsakes the mountainous frontier which has hitherto provided the background for his stories and writes of the cities of the plains. The same author and publishers Promise also "Indian Artifex,' in which he relates some of the more extraordinary adventures encountered in the course of his work as an engineer. The Gift for Mr Jacobs

The proposal to send a letter and a small gift to W. W. Jacobs on his seventy-fifth birthday, which falls on September 8, has been supported by about 150 subscribers all over New Zealand. A small sil/er tankard, a greenstone paper knife, and a greenstone paper weitht have been chosen. The cup is engraved: "W. W. Jacobs, on his seventy-fifth birthday, in gratitude and admiration from New Zealand friends." With these gifts go a letter, a list of subcribers, and a sketch map of New Zealand, showing every town from which a subscription came. The place-names—3o or 40—mark the map evenly from Auckland to the Bluff. The arrangements for the presentation to Mr Jacobs will be made by Mr H. T. B. Drew, of New Zealand House.