The latest Penguin Books at 6d each are as usual very attract They include "The Week-End Boo! Gri two volumes), an anthela; published in 1924 by the Nonesuch Press, the general editors being Francis and Vera Meyneli. The fi volume is entirely of poems and, opening it at random, here is a verse from Leigh Hunts "Ode to the Princess Royal":
Some have wished thee boy; and some Gladly wait tit T come Counting it a re When a lady leads the line, What imports it girl or boy? England's old historic joy Well might be content to sec Queens alone come after thee,—
Volume LI contains old songs with their music; a collection of games, outdoor and indoor, usual end u usual; "Travels with a Donkey", which in addition to camping directions gives Perpetua! Calendars whereby can be found the week da lof any date in the C! Era ona the date of Easter in any Bird Song at Morning and shine at Night are useful for the amateur naturalist and astronomer; architecture, food and drink, the law and how you i k it, first aid in divers crises-all ure contained im what seems to be a truly wonderful anthology "Lean Men," by Ralpa Bites, also in iwo volumes, is a novel based on the Spenish Revolution of 1931, the author having been sent to Barcelona organizer for the Third International. Lord of Arabia" H. C. Armstrong, is another of the series. being an intimate study of Th Sud. "Soldiers" Pay," by William Faulkner, although not a war book, tells the story of the return of some American so liers to their home town, And for detec tive story lovers is "It Walks by Night" by John Dickson Carr. "Ger-riy Puts the Clock Back" gives an account of Herr Hitlezs rise to power and ai the National-Socialist ideology.
Its author, Edgar Mowrer, n the time of its writing Berlin correspondent of the "Chi-came Daily News," after its publication had to leave Germany in spite Oi a strong unanimous protest from the members of the Berlin Foreign of which he was was, in 1933, and this Penguin edition the author has added a new chapter on the situation to-day. The book was re-lewed in these columns in 1933, e reviewer's opinion being that it "an admirable book which is of real value provided it be read with a discriminating eye on the course of events as they are now evolving themselves in Germany These little reprints of well-known books make a wonderful opportunity for collecting a readable library in a small space.
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