Two Interesting Books

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18279, 23 December 1933, Page 10

Two Interesting Books

THE fourth volume of Mr. Hugh 1 Walpole's story of the Hornes family, “Vanessa,” proves to be the most delightful of them all. It takes in its wide range the years 1875-11 L-, and it is interesting to have Queen Victoria’s Jubilee, the Gordon tragedy, Mefekiug night, the general strike m Britain all brought in with the famous folk associated with them introduced, too as a natural part of the “Berries” recital, for the family at many points were in contact with men and affairs. It is not necessary to detail the romance —if the ordeal ol hot bHeau be thus described—of “Vanessa,’ hut there will be many who will think that she is the most convincing ol the heroines that in the four volumes have dominated Mr. Walpole's story, while “Bougie,” the Berries ne’er-do-well, is portrayed with a masterly touch.

CTO 111 KS of pioneering days when men, women and children set out on long journeys to distant parts always stir the heart, but Miss Busan Frtx appeals not only to the heart but also to the mind in her new book, •‘The l’roselyte.” Her “covered wagon” isn’t seeking the Golden .Vest or Klundyke gold, but just Bait Lake ('it v, the home of the Mormons, nu.l it is Miss Friz’s presentation of l his religious body’s beliel and cteeds Hint lifts her story out of the rut. “Bo much nonsense,” says the London Daily Herald, “lias been talked and written about the Mormon faith that; it is a relief to read this plain, levelheaded store of the great trek to Balt Lulu* City and the colonisation ot Utah,”