THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 356, 13 September 1933, Page 3

THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

Books on the Shelves THUMB NAIL SKETCHES The Black Nat, by Halstead (Stanley Paul) —Important information is written on a piece of leather, in cipher, and the' key is tattooed on a young lady’s arm. A gang of Burmese crooks who seek the information cause many exciting complications before they are finally baffled. Adventure for Three, by Joan de Frame (John Long)—A brightly written tale of the love affairs of a group of intimates.

The Spindrift of Youth, by Lawrence David (Leonard Parsons) —Seafaring he-men provide a succession of stirring adventures by land and sea. Six Were to Die, by Janies Ronald (Hoddcr and Stoughton)—Describes the revenge of a man who had been made a scapegoat. Ingenuity is shown in devising the manner of death.

The Happy Murderers, by Victor Bridges (Hodder and Stoughton) Search for a stolen necklace results in the exposure of a jewell “fence” and, incidentlly, a murder.

Play Boy, by Elizabeth Jordan (John Long)—The man who Mary Reynolds married for love seemed to be ;i confirmed pleasure-seeker and quite unfitted for services in life; but she set her mind to the task and made a man of him.

Excess Baggage, by H. M. Raleigh (Methuen) —Laughable complications arise from two trunks getting mixed up,especially as one is supposed to contain a dead body.

The House of Thane, by Elizabeth Dejeans (Lippincott) —John Thane was a lion of finance, but his relations with women showed him that he had a lot to learn. Helene, by Vicki Baum (Geoffrey Bins) —The romance of a young female chemical student. By the same writer; Grand Hotel, Results of an Accident, Secret Sentence, Martin’s Summer. Amri Clare, by Dorothy Black, (Geoffrey Bles)—Amri walks in slippery places, and her romance ends splendidly.