“CRISIS IN CHINA”

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 301, 20 December 1937, Page 6

“CRISIS IN CHINA”

NEW ZEALANDER'S BOOK WANGANU ITBUIC LIBRARY One of the latest additions to the Wanganui Public Library is "Crisis in China,” by James M. Bertram. It is a vivid description of modern Chinese life by a young New Zealander who has recently investigated the social and political development in the Far East. Mr Bertram took a brilliant lirst in English Literature as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, and his book is an accurate inside account of one of the most dramatic crises of Chinese tor>'"A Stranger and a Sojourner, by Nora A. Smith, achieved fame by winning the lIC'JO prize offered to the teaching professions only. The competition brought over 8000 inquiries from all parts of the world, The winning novel is the story of a girl living on a Derbyshire farm. Accessions for the week ending December 18 are:— Fiction. "Merrywood." Emmeline Morrison; "The Unfinished Symphony,” D. Frances Young; "The Three-Coloured Pencil,” S. P. B. Mais; Barbara Prospers, Mary Scott; “Seventh Wave,” O. Wadsiey; “Turning Wheels,” Stuart Cloefe; “And Both He Loved,' Henrietta Leslie; “Thank You Mr Moto,” John P. Marquand; "The Blue Ridge Crime,” Wyndham Martyn; "A Stranger and a Sojourner,” Nora K. Smith; “Scotch Mist,” Dotothy Lambert; “The Stones Awake,” Carleton Beals. Non-Fiction. • “Crisis in China,” James M. Bertram; "The Roads and the Problem of Their Safety,” Sir Malcolm Campbell; "The Challenge of the North-West Frontier," C. F. Andrews; "Militarism and Foreign Policy in Japan.” E. E. N. Causton; “Palestine at the Crossroads,” Ernest Main; “Great Trade Route,” Ford Madox Ford; "Leon Blum,” Richard L. Stokes, Henry Crabb Robinson); “The Struggle for the Pacific,” Gregory Bienstock; "1937 Australian Test Tour," Bruce Harr-s< “James Matt.hem Barrie,” Professor James A. Roy.