PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26847, 11 August 1948, Page 2

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED

Everyday Religion. By Edward S. Woods (Bishop of Lichfield). Students’ Christian Movement Press. 12s 6d. This is the seventh edition of this work.

Forewarned is Forearmed. By T. E. Winslow. Hodge. 18s 6d. The authorised history of the Royal Observer 1 Corps. The story of this body of civilian volunteers is given the treatment it deserves. Although this work is too detailed for general readers in New Zealand, it should have value for reference purposes.

A Sister for Susan. By Dale Collins. Herbert Jenkins. 7s 6a. Whitcombe and Tombs. A homely description of domestic trials and pleasures. It is a successor to the author’s “ Utility Baby,” and possesses its qualities of being amusing, informative and sentimental at the same time.

A Century of the English Church in New South Wales. By E. C. Rowland. Angus and Robertson. 10s 6d. This is a modestly produced volume which should attract many readers on this side of the Tasman because it introduces many clerical figures who played their part in our own history. It preserves the middle way between an his torical thesis and a light popular reader.

Flying Doctor. By Clive Fenton Georgian House. 13s. This is the autobiography of the original “Flying Doctor ” in the Northern Territory. It is full of interest and is particularly well illustrated.

Westward the River. By Dale Van Every. Jarrolds. 12s 6d. Whitcombe and Tombs. This novel has as its theme an almost forgotten episode when an adventurer nearly wrested the entire Mississippi River Valley from the newly-formed United States. The Awakening. By the Rt. Hon. L. S. Amery. Macdonald. 10s 6d. This is Mr Amery’s analysis of Great Britain’s economic crisis and “ the way out.” It embraces much historical matter, and proceeds to deal with the Bretton Woods proposals, and the fate of the American loan.

The Faith of Edward Wilson. By George Seaver. John Murray. 7s 6d. Wilson, of the Antarctic, is one of the most attractive figures in the story of exploration. Scott himself thought him to be the finest man he had ever known. Mr Seaver here gives a brief study of the faith which made such a man.

Australian Government To-day. By Geoffrey Sawer. Melbourne University Press. This pamphlet is an authoritative survey of its subject. It describes the ,r Federal compact” and examines trends in its operations.

The Sydney Book. Written by Marjorie Barnard, drawings by Sydney Ure Smith. The Ure Smith Pty. 6s. This is an unusually artistic souvenir of the city. The text is informative and the sketches in line and colour are attractive.

Cynthia Asquith’s Annual. Macdonald. 15s. A delightful gift book for girls and boys between the ages of seven and 12 The authors include Eleanor Farjeon, Richmal Crompton, Walter de la Mare, Denis Mackail and other favourites, and the illustrations, particularly the colour plates, are delightful.

(Any of the above-mentioned books may be the subject of a notice at a later date.)