The Book Club

Southland Times, Issue 22921, 20 June 1936, Page 3 (Supplement)

The Book Club

LITTLE WOMEN: One of the books which I have enjoyed most, is “Little Women”, by Louisa M. Alcott, and I can soundly recommend it to anyone who has not already read it It is a bright tale, simply told, and the antics of Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, the March sisters, not to mention their friend and neighbour, Laurie, are very interesting and human. The story is not without its sad spots, but ends on a happy note, with Meg’s engagement to John Brooke, I curie's tutor. Mrs March is a person well worth mentioning, and one feels that she is just the dearest mother in the world, except, of course, your own. It is altogether a very nice book, and would make a very acceptable present for a girl of 12 or more. —Sent in by Cousin Matty Winsloe. FRECKLES: Freckles is an Irish boy who does not know his parents or his name. He is picked up in the town and taken to a Home. Mr McLean, manager of a- timber gang, gives him his father’s name when Freckles works foi him. In the Limberlost, Freckles meets the Swamp Angel and The Bird Woman, who help him to catch Black Jack and his gang of timber-thieves. Freckles is badly hurt when he saves the Swamp Angel from a falling tree. In return she finds his people for him. —Sent in b*' Cousin Elsie Clive. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED THE GAME: “The Girl Who Played The Game” is a book for girls of about eleven to fifteen years of age. It is about a tombey school-girl whose inutto is “Play the game.” She get.- into evei so many scrapes but manages to stick to her motto in f’e end. The book is packed with thrills and fun. —Sent in by Cousin Joan Winsloe.

PARAGRAPHS about books you have read will be accepted for the Book Club.