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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 3 (June 1, 1934.)

Reviews

Reviews.

“Mrs. Egg and Other Barbarians” by Thomas Beer (Cassell & Co.) is a reprint of six stories from the “Saturday Evening Post” and three hitherto unpublished tales. This book will be eagerly looked forward to by readers of the famous “Saturday Post” and their name is legion. The humour and philosophy wrapped up in Mrs. Egg and her associates is vastly entertaining. Mr. Beer's character creations, are well known, but none so appealing as the philosophic gourmand Mrs. Egg. —Price, 7/-.

“Dan the Dog Detective” by George Wright (Allen and Unwin). To those who have listened in to broadcasts in the. Old Land, Dan will be a familiar figure. Those who do not know him should meet him in this attractively produced book. So vivid is the picturisation of the author that you can almost see and hear Dan and sense his doggy smell from the pages. Dan's many adventures should be read by the multitude for the book is moderately priced at 3/6. The illustrations of Vernon Stokes are as true to life as the author's word pictures.

“Life Begins At Forty” by Walter B. Pitkin (Angus and Robertson, Sydney). I am not surprised to learn that over 100,000 copies have been sold of the earlier editions of this book. The Australian edition should sell comparatively well. Who is there, who is not over, or approaching, forty, who will not welcome with open arms a book that is going to add joy and inspiration to their lives? The author, who is a Professor of Journalism at Columbia University has handled his subject in that practical commonsense manner that one would expect from an experienced pressman. He has made for many people the discovery of the century, as revealed in the title of his book. Price, 5/-.

“The Fighting Cameliers” by Frank Reid (Angus and Robertson, Sydney). There is much of the romance and adventure of the Foreign Legion in this gripping story of the Imperial Camel Corps. Mr. Frank Reid who is well known as a brilliant journalist under his pen-name “Bill Bowyang,” was with the corps from the rise to the fall of the curtain and he carries the reader with him in all his wonderful adventures. He introduces to us, and makes live, the varied types of all nationalities who comprised that famous band. It is a vivid story of adventure as well as a valuable historical record. Price. 6/.