TO THE STARS

Southland Times, Issue 22345, 9 June 1934, Page 11

TO THE STARS

People who are interested in astronomy are not always solemn dry-as-dust fellows. Often they are romantic and agile although the world finds it hard to believe it. Perhaps “Starry Pages” will help to dispel the illusion. In this book appear articles written for the Mackay Daily Mercury by W. A. Amiet, the author of “Literature of Languages,” which I have not read. Amiet is an attractive writer, a man of imagination and humour. The reader will find no new theories to startle him, no excursions into unexplored spheres. He is a guide rather than explorer, though a guide who at times goes beyond the limits of the conventional facts He has written primarily for people who occasionally look at stars and marvel without carrying wonder or curiosity into inquiry, and he has written lucidly in language which, while it is so plain, is unusually attractive. Such a book must lead one to the stars, and open up excursions of pleasure now undreamed of. “Starry Pages” by W. A. Amiet (Messrs Angus and Robertson Ltd., Sydney).