“Shibli” Listens In.

The story of Robin Hyde's adventures in the Far East will be published shortly in book form by Hurst & Blackett.

The appeal of the New Zealand Centre of the P.E.N. for subscriptions to the Jessie Mackay Memorial Fund is meeting with an excellent response. Donations should be sent to the Secretary, Box 965, Wellington.

A rare item for collectors is the Annual Brochure of the N.Z. Ex Libris Society. No. 5 has just been published in a limited edition of 100 copies. This time it contains only foreign plates. Taking my cue from this I will, for a while, leave aside New Zealand plate reproductions for this page, and publish a few foreign bookplates.

James M. Bryan, the New Zealand Rhodes Scholar who has been studying social and political movements in the Far East has written another book entitled “North China Front.” It is to be published shortly.

The late Lord Jellicoe is the subject of a recently published biography by Captain E. Altham.

J. H. E. Schroder's “Remembering Things,” has been warmly praised by the London “Times.” The notice refers to “the humour and quiet charm” of the essays.