READING FOR WANGANUI

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 241, 11 October 1937, Page 6

READING FOR WANGANUI

PUBLIC LIBRARY LIST ADDDITIONS DURING WEEK A varied list of authors is represented in the list of books added to the shelves at the Wanganui Public Library during the week. Following is the list of additions:—

Fiction.—“ Bitter Rupture,” Anne Duffield; “All the King’s Men,” W. H. L. Crauford; “.38 Automatic,” E. C. Vivian; “Worth While,” P. C. Wren; “Mr. Treadgold Cuts In,” Vai Williams; “They Seek a Country,” F. B. Young; “John Cornelius,” H. Walpole; “The Fifth Horseman,” R. W. Chambers; “Cuchoo Street,” Mrs. V. Rickard; “The Story of Rosabelle Shaw,” D. E. Stevenson; “Nine Lives,” Mark Channing; “Set Me Free,” D. Robins; “And No Quarter,” Maurice Walsh; “The Laughing Lady,” Ursula Bloom; “Men Are So Different,” April Brookes; “Outcast of the Ranges,' Tex Curran; “Heartbreak Cruise, ’ Carol Gaye; “Deep Water Island,' Alan Lemay; “The Ranchman's Return,” Danie Ward; “The Rising Tide,” M. J. Farrell; Tortuous Trails,” H. Footner; “Mornful Martin,” C. W. Sanders; “Sally Lunn,” Leo. Walmsley; “Clouded Moon,” Max Saltmarsh.

Non-fiction. “Streamline Your Mind,” James L. Mursell; Forbidden Journey,” E. K. Maillart; “Makassar Sailing,” G. E. P. Collins; “Lost Atlantis,” James Bramweil; “Richelieu,” Hilaire Belloc; “Dead Puppets Dance,” Philip Thornton; “My Friend Toto,” Cherry Kearton; “My Happy Family,” Cherry Kearton. “Worth Wile,” by P. C. Wren, is a sequel to “Man of a Ghost.” The scene is a province of China adjoining the Pathan land beyond the North-west frontier of India. The hero is a secret service officer and the story is up to Wren traditions. “They Seek a Country,” by Francis Brett Young, is a story of a century ago. The reader follows the fortunes of a boy who was convicted at Worcester to deportation for life to Botany Bay. Mr. Young is at his best describing the life on a convict ship and the thrill of the young convicts escape on the coast of South Africa. “John Cornelius,” by Sir Hugh Walpole, has taken over four years to produce, although the author has published other books during that time. The story is English and the theme as old as “Don Quixote,” the attempt of the romantic idealist to come to terms with the actual world. Clouded Moon,” by Max Saltmarsh, is an exciting adventure story, on the Cote-d’Azur. Reviewers rank this author with John Buchan.

“Sally Lunn,” by Leo Walmsley is a Daily Mail choice, and portrays the life in a little East Coast fishing village. Two families are at enmity. The author excels mainly for his description of the technicalities of inshore fishing on the East Coast.

“Streamline Your Mind,” by J. L. Mursell, is an excellent book on efficient thinking, learning and doing. To streamline your mind, the author points out, is to learn how to learn. “Forbidden Journey,” by Ella K. Maillart, who was a fellow-traveller with Peter Fleming in the great trek from China to India after which he published “News From Tartary,” describes the journey as Ella Maillart saw it.