“ORIENTAL ASSEMBLY”

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 165, 15 July 1939, Page 11

“ORIENTAL ASSEMBLY”

WRITINGS BY LAWRENCE NEW BOOKS AT Pl BUG LIBRARY All the hitherto uncollected writings by T. E. Lawrence about the East are contained in ‘Oriental Assemo.y, one of the latest nooks received at the Wanganui Public Liorary. Also included in this volume aie -Ou r?-i.?rK-able photographs, aiest of them not hitheito puolished. Tlies* were taken during the revolt in the desert ana form an invaluable supplement to the book, as well as being of great geographical interest, as they were lanen in country which is inaccessible to Europeans. “Castles in the Soil,’’ by Beryl McCarthy, is a story of eany New Zealand hie. “Foreigners Arent Knaves,” by Christopher Hollis, is a controversial correspondence betwen two friends on the political situation from Munich onwards. One is of the opinion hat Mr. Chamberlain has done .a re of the essential work ot lOiLcuve security m a few months than ever the League did in eighteen years, and the other is not so sure. From Mimica tne letters go on to cover a wide range cf i •»;cat subjects, putting clearly the pros ana cons of every’ matter discussed ana giving the reader the privilege of lormmg his own judgment. lor the week ending Jul. 15. are: - Fiction.—“ Castles in the Soil.” Beiyi McCarthy ; “Snell's Folly, ’ J. D. Beresford; “Texas Triggers, E. Cunningham; “Six-Shooter Showdown,” Colt MacDonald; “Challenge to the Four, ' Mark Cross; “Prologue to Murder,” M. B. Dix; "The Signature,” B. B. Goldie; “Sea Range,” E. L. Long; “Caretaker Within," 1.. S. Mackinlay , “Arizona,” J. R. Winslowe; “The Silver Swan,” John Clayton; "Bucks Without Straw, Charles G. Norris; “At Last the Island,” Margaret Lane, “The Happier Eden,” B. Kean Seymour; “Caroline England,” Noel Strcatfield; “The Sisters,” Myron Brinig; “Inspector Burmann’s Busiest Day,” Belton Cobb; “The Hartland Case,” John Bentley; “Sister-in-Charge,” H. L. Montgomerie; “The Handsome Road, Gwen Bristov., “The Rising. ’ Myrtle Johnson; “These Are Our Masters.” A. S. Swan; “The Passing of Tony Blount,” S. M. Parkman. Non-Fiction. "My Testament of Healing,” J. Ellis Barker; “India’s North-West Frontier,” Sir William Barton; “Sir James Cantlie,” Neil Cantlie and George Seaver; “Practical Radio Writing.” K. Seymour ana J. T. W. Martin; “Foreigners Aren’t Knaves,” Christopher Hollis; “Their Moods and Mine." Reginald Pound, “It Might Have Been You." Col Ik. Knox: “Oriental Assembly,’ 1. Lawrence; “Katia,” Princess Marthe Binesco.