Shibli Listens In.

A. N. Field, the author of the much discussed book, “The Truth About the Slump,” is now editor of an independent national monthly called “The Examiner.” It is a candid commentary on current events, and deals in a very thorough manner with economic problems.

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The proceedings of the P.E.N. Congress at Buenos Aires have been printed in a volume of 300 pages. Included is an address by Mr. Johannes C. Andersen (New Zealand delegate) on “The Future of Poetry.”

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Newbold's, the big secondhand booksellers of Dunedin, will publish another catalogue shortly. The previous list had such a wealth of bibliographic detail that it was soon out of print.