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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24627, 7 June 1941, Page 4

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Cheerful Philosophy A cheerful disposition and a faith in the simple virtues are displayed by Maye Blackley, of New Plymouth, in the verses in Fireside Thoughts. On the purpose of life she reflects: Life! What Is life, after all's said and done? , , Just a mixture of troubles, interspersed with fun. And in her concluding lines: Without Faith in our lives, we cannot go far. It's how we face trouble that proves what we are! In other poems she offers consolation to those with sons at the war, envisages Hitler's embarrassment when rejected even by Satan, and proffers her thoushts on Conscience, Playing the Game. Selfishness. The booklet is on safe for patriotic purposes. , Business Guidance The principles that underlie business life, the methods employed in commercial and industrial undertakings, the risks that are to be met and the means to guard,against or overcome them, the terms employed in business transactions, are lucidly outlined in Practical Business Economics (Angus and Robertson, 7s 6d). The author is A. Clunies Ross, lecturer in the University of Sydney, and the book is in its second edition. Book Catalogue . The classical portion of the library of the late Robert Paton Longden, master of Wellington College, is included in a new catalogue, Greek and Latin Classics, from B. H. Blackwell, of Oxford. More than 2000 titles are listed in this publication.