THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume IV, Issue 102, 8 April 1936, Page 2

THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Books on the Shelves. THUMBNAIL REVIEWS. "Challenge," by G. S. Hutchison (Hutchinson).— This is* the author's challenge to the exipiflig orde*—a political creed and a philosophy. The author has held important posts under the 1 "Forel&n'-and Colonial Offices and in the army, and his travels extend throughout Europe, India, Africa, Australia and United States of America. » .;,. * * * "Rolling Round the Horn," by Claude Muncaster (Rich and Cowan). i-The author. signed on as a deckhand, from Australia to England, in the "Olivebank," and his book deals ■with the voyage in which he helped lc work her round the Horn from Melbourne to Cardiff. ■-*'»"*- * " : * * ' ' "Sole Death," by Stephen McKenna (Hutchinson).— "Is it fun, do you, pappose, to be a Duchess?" The heroine of the story think*- not. * * # "The Flaming Gahagars," by Helen T. Miller (Hutchinson). —A story of a Southern American family who valued integrity and honour above wealth and even love/ * # * "Down the Dark Alley," by B. W. Sinclair (HodW and Stoughton).— A story of adventure, movement and the clash of'characters. * # # "Crook's" Castle;" by George Dilnot (Geoffrey Bles).— Doings at Lemoncene Castle engage the attention of Horace A. Elver, vice j president of the Elver Detective Agency, New York. * * * "Stprm Stgnajs," by,Joseph C. Lincoln (AppletQtt)>-7Cape Cqd is again + he scene of a salty, humorous and dramatic story. '. . ;* .- . .-JP * # "Dead In No Time," by N. A. T. Ellis (Hodder and Stoughton) .—Two men are found dead in the ruins of a burned house. An important issue hangs: on the question of which person died first. * # # Also; added: "Valley Vultures," by Max Brand (Hodder and Stoughton); "Than This World Dreams Of," by Ruby M. Ayres (Hodder and Stoughton). ,