“CORONATION SUMMER"

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 162, 10 July 1937, Page 8

“CORONATION SUMMER"

QUEEN VICTORIA’S YEAR NEW BOOKS AT LIBRARY Included in the list of new books at the Wanganui Public Library is “Coronation Summer,” by Angela Thirkell. It is a fictional story of London and district during the Coronation season ot Queen Victoria, 100 years ago. Reviewers comment that it is as accurate as it is delightful. Following is the list of latest additions at the library:— Fiction.—“ Nothing Ever Happens,” M. Marshall; “The Aventures of Elizabeth Gray,” I Cameron; "Stories of the Doctor," I Cameron; “The Song Triumphant,” M. Marshall; “A Yorkshire Baking,” F. Bone; “From a Cottage in Pennycook Lane,” I. Cameron; "Coronation Summer,” A. Thirkell; “Everlasting Hurricane,” R. W. Coulter; "Break of’Day," Tristram Beresford; “Half Shot,” J. Butler; “Snake Bit Jones,” D. Coolidge; “Carriers ot Death," J. Creasey; "Caroline,” R. Crompton; “Adventure Beautiful," Simon Dare; "The Shaggy Legion," H. G. Evarts; “We Live and Learn,” S. Fairway; “Banjo On My Knee,” H. Hamilton; “Grubstake Gold.” J. B. Hendryx; “True Lovers’ Knot,” R. Hughes; "Licensed To Kill,” E. W. Savi; “The Border Line,” W. S. Masterman; “Galeeta,” E. Morrison; “Prince Charming,” O. Sandys; “Death in the Gorge,” L. Thayer; “Co-op,” U. Sinclair; “Love On the Fairway," A. Compston and S. Anderson; “It Never Fails,” J. M. Harcourt.

Non-Fictiou.—"Galloping Hoofs,” J. C. Downie; "Let’s Go Riding,” B. L. Kearley; “Let’s Learn to Fly,” C. St. J. Sprigg; “We Write As Women,” M. Lawrence; “Manchester,” R. Ryan; "Television,” S. A. Moseley and H. McKay; “Leadership In a Free Society,” T. N. Whitehead; "Mind, Medicine and Metaphysics,” W. Brown; “Science—A New Outline,” J. W. N. Sullivan; “Selina’s Summer,” J. Lynn; “Straw Without Bricks,” E. M. Delafield); "From Heston to the High Alps," D. Fawcett; "The Faith of An Englishman," Sir E. Grigg; “The Voyage of the Girl Pat,” Skipper Osborne;

“The Romantic Life of Maurice Chevalier,” W. Boyer; "The Romance of Motor Racing,” Sir M. Campbell; “The Great Migration,” J. F. Lee; “England's Character,” S. P. B. Mais; “The Secret History of the Oxford Movement,” D. Morse-Boycott; “Your Name and Your Number,” Geo. Bratley; “My Life," I. Duncan; "Fire ot Life,” H. W. Nevinson; “Angry Dust,” N. Gubsky; “Paradise Rejected," C. Plumb; “Clamour For Colonies,” HS. Ashton; “Modern Furniture," E. N. Exton and F. H. Littman; “Every Woman’s Book ot Health and Beauty,” Sir W. A. Lane; “Savage Civilisation,” Tom Harrison.

“Everlasting Hurricane,” by R. W. Coulter, is an arresting story of the experiences and fate of two escapees from New Caledonia. “Banjo On My Knee," by Harry Hamilton, is an entertaining novel about river folk of America. The author spent some time in a river colony and the New York Times ranks this book as acehigh. “Co-op,” by Upton Sinclair, is his first novel for five years. It is an absorbing story of self-help co-opera-tion, or living together. “It Never Fans," by J. M. Harcourt, could be called Julius in America. It is a witty story of a journalist who lands in Australia with the intention of earning his living. "Selina's Summer,” by Janet Lynn, is a charming book ot travel, the diary of the author when on holiday with her faithful old car Selina.

“The Faith of An Englishman,” by Sir Edward Grigg, is a powerful book by a politician of outstanding eminence. He discusses the political creed and policy which will best preserve parliamentary democracy and avert an impending “Greater War.” “The Great Migration,” by J. F. Lee, is the result of deep research concerning the Great Exodus ot the Israelites, the origin of the Jewish people and Information towards the solution of a world problem. “Angry Dust" is the remarkable autobiography of a modern novelist, Nikolai Gubsky. It gives an insight into English life achieved by few foreigners. “Paradise Rejected,” by Charles Plumb, is a study in war and society to-day. “Savage Civilisation,” by Tom Harrison, is an intensive study of the New Hebrides, Southern Melanesia. The author was awarded the Cuthbert Peek Grant by the Royal Geographical Society.