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In Cr ippled Splendour, Evans J ohn tells thetragic story of James I. of Scotland, ancestor ofthe ill-fated Stuart Kings. Always maintaining ascrupulous regard for historical accuracy, theauthor yet has the imaginative power thatbreathes life into the dim and unreal figures oft he hi stor y text-book . As with growing sym­pathy, we live with James t hrough t he long yearsof his lonely captivity in England and thet roubled years of his reign in a Scotland rent bythe dissensions of warring factions', we wonderthat history can ever be rated dull and dry.Seen through the eyes of an author who combineshu mour , knowledge, imagination, and a de epunderst anding of humanity, it can su rpass themost stirr ing r omance.

T hirsty Land, by Joan Sutherland. LeonCarson, of the Indian Medical Service, lived forhis work, loving the hard life of the North-WestFrontier; but his health broke and he had to re­turn to England, where he sought fresh anddifferen t int erests on a Gloucestershire farm.F ortune proved ju st as har sh to Rupert , h isbrother , a District Officer who also found all thathe desired on the Border; it was a rebel's bulletwhich crippled him, and so the two brothers werere -united. Their careers, their courage, and theirmutual loyalty all combine to form a story whichis frequently moving and dramatic; one, also,that never flags.

The Doomsday Men, by J. B. Priestley. Hereis holiday reading. We begin with the final ofthe mixed doubles at a t enni tournament on theFrench Riviera. The handsomer pair are Mal­colm, an architect in real li e, and Andrea, anAmerican heiress with golden shoulders andastonishing eyes, both dark horses in the tourna­ment sense. Very properly the handsomer pairwin. But Andrea is a dark horse in the tourna­ment of life also, coming an going mysteriously,so that Malcolm, who during a whole week hasbarely had a dozen words with her, has only timeto take her to dinner and tell her he loves herbefore she vanishes from the scene, carrying hersecret with her. In the neighbourhood of theBritish Museum a young 4merican physicist ison the trail of a missing American professor.In Los' Angeles a cheerful little man whosebrother has been murdered is on the trail of theBrotherhood of the Judgment, And in HollywoodMalcolm is on the trail of Andrea.

Mr Priestley is in a rght mood, elaboratingthe mystery with skill and writing a book thatis a smooth and pleasing mixture of sentimentand thrills.

A Day of Battle Vincent SheeanDea r My Own Frances BraybrookeDeath of a Celebri y Hulbert FootnerDestiny's Daughte Florence BoneTh e Doomsday ME! ,.. J . B. PriestleyTh e Eagle's Wing Clive ArdenThe Ebony Stag ' ,. . Brian FlynnThe End of Andrew Harrison F. W. CroftExperiment in Love May EdgintonA Gentleman for tlie Gallows S. HorlerGilt Edged Guilt Carolyn WellsA Guest of Life Nelle M. Scanlon~. Hall and Co. . . . J os. C. LincolnHang~ng's Too Good J as. RonaldHappiness Has No Story Geo. WodenHarpoons Ahoy Will LawsonThe Haunting of Kathleen Saunders .. Reginald

I CampbellHeart-broken Melody Kathleen NorrisHoneymoon Island Sheila BurnsHow Strong is Your LOve Barbara Hedworthile. Joyful Delaneys Hugh Walpole

omgsmark A. E . W. Masont. Lady O:D DIscretion Dorothy Conyersisa yale O. H. Prouty

Lov e in Two Keys Lewis CoxLove Went A-Riding Richard BlakerA Mad World E. W. SaviMadman's Island Ion L. IdriessMaelstrom .. : / E . V. TimmsMask Concealing Simon DareM~at for. Mammo!!, Mary MitchellMischief m the Wind Isabel C. ClarkeMr Zero Patricia WentworthA Modern Portia .. .. . ... ... •. .. .. . Paul TrentMore Knaves than One Frank L. PackardMorrow, Noon and Night Den is McKailMud l?n My Stockings Oliver SandysNightingale Wood Stella Gibbo nsNo Armour Against Fate Margaret Pe dlerOne to Live With , Ruby M. AyresPrelude to W.ar Leslie CharterisQuack. Para~Ise y,dney FairwayRedskin Trail ane CoolidgeTh e Return of Sanders of the Riv r .. Francis

GerardThe Road ~o Bagdad Geo . GibbsRoral Re.gIment Gilbett; F r ankauRuined CIty Ne ille ShuteSeascape ElIz. CarfraeSe!!,d for Paul Temple Francis DurbridgeShip ?y Herself Humfrey, JordanThe Sign of the Swan M. Baillie SundersSlender Margin Basil FrancisSons of the Saddle / W. McLeod RaineThe Stolen HeIress' . . . . . .. Chas. MerrickSuch. Ado About Cynthia ,.. Annabel LeeSunrise , Grace L. illThe Terror in the Fog Norman Berro\vTrent Intervenes Paul Trent-:Sruth to Tell Alice G. Rosm anYoung Man WIth Money Maysie Greig

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Turbulent J ourn ey, by Owen Rutter. This isa Life of William Bligh, Vice-Admiral, and claimsto be an attempt to present the Captain of theBounty at the time of the well-known mutiny,in a truer and more favourable light than inwhich he is often shown.

Covered Wagon 10 H.P ., by Guy Austin, des­cribes a journey from New York to Hollyhood ina Plymouth car, which already had coveredumpteen miles and had a just right to be retired.However, the journey is made, mountains arecrossed and rivers forded with Quite a few inci­den ts thrown in . Mr Austin, in this his secondbook, keeps the reader amused, and causes quitea few chuckles as he proceeds on his journ ey.

Lapland Journey, by Halliday Sutherland. Avery enjoyable book, covering ground seldomtouched upon by writers. Mr Sutherland hasagain met a number of folk that please US',through the author's introduction, and we laydown the book having enjoyed every page.

Ne w Guinea Gold, by Edmond Demaitre. Be­ginning at the time when New Guinea was takenby British troops, he depicts the life of bothnatives and whites, drawing attention to thedifference between then and now; this a resultof the development of gold production. "Gold,Gold." Everyone thinking gold, and everyonetalking gold. The difficulty of transport wasovercome by powerful aeroplanes and men ofiron. Police patrols scoured the country, evenutu­ally winning the trust of several native tribes.While his description of the country is excellent,his chief aim was to "discover the native." "Any­one living in the jungle and observing man,beasts, plants and flowers must inevitably cometo the conclusion that there is no such thing as'a. bad an imal or a useless life . . . . But to under ­stand this fully one must observe at close quar­t ers t he va rious manifestations of lif e in theju ngle which, although apparently capricious,anarchica l, confused and cr uel, yet have a pre­cise and definite object in view." While with thepatrol he made copious notes on the customs,beliefs and habits of the natives also, as to hisoriginal home. The first chapter in the thirdbook "S hort Biography of a Kanaka" gives aglimpse of the working of the native mentality.

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REMEMBER!nomic Policy) was used until it had served theirpurpose. "A Canter with Pegasus" gives us agood account of why Stalin became successor toLenin, instead of Trotsky. Plot followed by coun­terplot-~nd; Trotsky exiled to Central Asia. To­d!ly, SOCIalIsm,. he says, is a fact. "In theU . S . S.~. there IS real Socialism, in that all thedynamic forces of the country, not only the forcesof m~ney, ?U~ the forces of invention, energy,te~hmque, discipline, effort and initiative are ap­plied for a.n~ by the community, instead of forand by individuals, Just as the interest and en­thusiasm of individuals have been brought tofollow a common purpose, and rejoice over com­mon successors, or weep over common failures ina single channel, so the common energy and efforthave been canalised in a single channel. It isno longer a question of what I do or what I get,but of what we do and what we get. I venturet~ suggest th.at there could be no simpler defini­tio n of the difference between Socialism and In­div idualism."

The book has been through five editions andis well worth reading and studying, for it toucheso~ those things that concern all, and while itgives one a safer background on which to judgeRussia, it is very helpful to those whose opinionsare in the process of being formed.

Stepping Stones From Alaska to Asia, byIsobel Wylie Hutchinson. Some time ago weplaced on our Non-Fiction shelves Miss Hutchin­son's "North to the Rime Ringed Sun," a bookthat met with much favour. Now we have thisone. The authoress is commissioned by theauthorities of The British Museum to acquirecertain rare flowers for that institution, and thestory she tells of her quest and success is fas­cinating. The "Stepping Stones" are the ruggedstorm-bound Alentian Islands, springing from theAlaska shore and stretching almost across to thecoasts of Asiatic Russia. Several of the islandswere visited and Miss Hutchinson made manyfriends with the Alents, while exploring andgathering specimens. From Unalaska she wasth e guest of the Captain of the U.S. GovernmentGuard, in the ship Chelan. Treacherous ' waters,rock-strewn, and an ever more uncertain climate,are the usual conditions, but favoured with kinderweathe r than often prevailed the authoress wasloath to embark on the return journey. "Andthere I took my final glance of Attre, hershoulde rs draped in fleecy cloud, from which thesun struck fire . . . a noble sight, and as I watch­ed it, into my mind from some strange sub­conscious channel there stole a melody. It was'Land of Heart's Desire' ... It was great! Noowner of a million dollar yacht could have en­joyed her possessions more at that moment thanthe lady-guest of the United States Coastguardenjoyed the white cutter 'Chelan' which had sogracefully transported her across the forsakenseas whe re the Bering and the North Pacific meetand merge their wild waters in storm andex altation."

I Write As I Please, by Walter Duranty.Walter Duranty is a well-known journalist, andthis book is the result of fourteen years in Russia,In the chapter on "Lenin and Stalin" he showshow the aim of the one is the objective of theother and that they, with the Founding Fathers,are not thinking of today or tomorrow : they art)planning for the future. The N .E.P. (New Eco -

An interesting and informative book that willmake a warm claim on many of our readers.

A book one should read even though one'ssusceptibilities may be hurt somewhat.

Northward Ho! and Southward Ho! by HaroldNossiter. These two volumes give us a splendidsea story of the author and his two sons. Livingon the shores of Sydney Harbour, for years theyhad sailed their own yachts in harbour and indeep water cruises and when the time arrivedMr Nossiter had the specifications drawn up ofa yacht for a voyage round the world'. The re­sult was the "Sirius," beautifully modelled, per­fect lines and strongly built. In this vessel theyleft Sydney bound for Southampton and thoughsome heavy weather was met, the "Sirius" proveda fine, weatherly craft, The description of thewhole voyage is so real that one loses oneselfand is either at sea aboard the yacht or visitingone of the numerous places of interest where thevoyagers called. The route followed in 'North­ward Ho!" is from Sydney, up the coast to Ra­baul, through the island-dotted Timor and Ara­fura Seas to Singapore, then follows Ceylon,Aden, Red Sea, Suez, Candia, Malta, Gibraltar,on to Southampton. While in England t hey metwith much hospitality and kindness. London wa sa marvel that t hrilled them. Mr Nossiter says,"There is a grandeur in its grandeur, and a great­ness in its greatness that is difficult to descr ibe."The return journey described in "Southward Ho I"was by way of Madeira, Trinidad, Panama, Cocos,Galapagos, Marquesas, Tuamoto, Tahiti, Society,Cook and Tongan Islands, thence to Sydney. Avoyage round the world, and with Harold Nossi­ter and his two sons, the reader will find it to bea most delightful and exhilarating voyage.

China's Red Army Marches, by Agnes Smed­ley. The opening chapters give us an idea ofthe conditions of life for the peasant in China,and it is sad reading, for harder conditions itwould be difficult to find. The "bandits" so oftenmet with in literature on China, seems to fit inas peasants in revolt, or the landlords and theirfriends evicting peasants unable to meet theirdemands. Then the "Reds" appear as savioursof the peasant, and the struggle takes on a some­what different aspect.

The authoress paints a terrible picture ofevents in China, particularly in Hunan an dKiangse, and helps one to gauge more recentevents at nearer their truer and actual value.

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Acr oss Af rica on F oot, by Ronald A. Monson.This was a remarkable journey, not across aparallel of latitude, but from Cape Town to Cairo.With a companion (also as the author, an Aust­ralian) they left Cape Town September 8, 1928and reached Cairo December 21, 1929, havingcovered on foot 7,620 miles. To the pedestrianssome of the miles-indeed man y of them-seemedleagu es, while often the mountain ra nges, rivers,dreadful swa mps, nea r ly broke t heir hearts. It isan almos t incredibl e journey, and only the dourpluck and endurance of t he pai r brought th emthrough. It is deepl y interesting, and with agood map, one can check their experiences, inthe jungle proper, wit h others who ha ve beenin similar dangers . H. V. Morton's "How I F oundLivingstone," also hi s " Darkest Africa" help tomake clearer the terri fic difficulty of th e Africanju ngle even today in many places.

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