THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

Stratford Evening Post, Volume III, Issue 347, 30 April 1935, Page 3

THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

BOOKS ON THE SHELVES THUMBNAIL REVIEWS War Letters, of General Monash (Angus and Robertson). —These aro private letters written by Sir John Monash at sea, in Egypt, Gailipoli, France and England, to Lady Monash. F. M. Cutlack, the "eclitbr, in his foreword says: The reader will surely bo moved to admiration by the writer’s simple and lucid style, his admirable running narrative, and the sagacity of his judgment of events on the spot. XXX Man Tracks; With Mounted Police in Australian Wilds, by ton L. Idricss (Angus and Robertson). —This book (ells of stirring episodes in the pursuit of law-breakers in the primitive lands; and stories are given of the methiodtjkof aboriginal trackers, given exactly as they worked on each case. ;> ' X X X Thirty Years With The Philippine Head-Hunters, by S. E. Kane (Jarrolds). —The author served in the

-anks o£ American army which completed the conquest of the Philippine islands;, and aftorwarrds remained for over thirty years, jiving- among the highland tribes and leading a life lull of risks and hardships. XXX Love Song, by Rupert. Hughes (Jarrolds). —The story traces the rise of a small-town girl to the heights of musical fame. xxx Innocent Bystander, by Faith Baldwin (Sampson Low). —The theme- of the story is the harm that may bo wrought upon other lives by light and ill-considered gossip of a more or less scandalous nature. xxx The Gold Falcon (Faher and Fuller). —The sub-title of this novel, describes it: The adventures of Manfred, airman ' and poet of the world war, and later husband and father, j in search of freedom and personal sunrise, in the city of New York; and of the consummatioh of his life.

Inside Out, by Geoffrey Ludlow (Harrap).—A "guest” at an exclusive mental home makes his escape, and falls into a series of exciting adventures.

Spits arc Abroad, by J. M. Walsh (Collins). —Colouej Ormiston, of the British Secret Service, went ashore at Aden with no other thought than lo stretch his legs, and walked into the beginnings of an adventure such rs comes to even a Secret Service-man only once in a lifetime.

Fugitive, by C. W. Sanders (Collins). —Ben Marr was imprisoned on a trumped-up charge. The _ boys staged a truly Western hold-up "and set him free; and .the story deals with his adventures on a lone trail as a fugitive.

Also added: Golden Horizons, by Anno Duffield (Cassell); The intrusive Tourist, by Mrs. Baillie Reynolds (Hodder and Stoughton); Timbal Gulch Trial, by Max Brand (Hodder and Stoughton); Second Officer, by Taffrail (Hodder and Stroughton); Obelisks en Route, by C. D. King (Coliins); Gun Cotton Secret Agent, by Rupert Grayson (Gray'gon and Grayson); Bardelow’s Heir, by Roy Vickers (Jenkins).