Such Is Life By Tom Collins
Joseph Eurphy, who wrote under the name of " Tom Collins," was born in Australia in 1843, and Such is Life (Cape, zos. 6d.) was first published in Australia in 1903, and has......
The Cactus Eaters (witherby, Los. 6d.) Should, To Justify...
title, be about a race of people whose diet consists mainly of cactus. Actually it deals with a race of South American Indians who eat cactus-fruit, amongst other things. This......
Modern Plastic, Art By C. Giedion-welcker
Ten years ago , we were allowed t, accept abstract art as something which, if it appealed to us at all, appealed to a purely aesthetic faculty, the working, of which were......
Russian Spring (selwyn And Blown, 12s. 6d.) Gives As Good
a traveller's eye view of Russia as any recent book on the subject. Mr. Stucley wisely entered Russia from the extreme south in order to see it in true perspective as a semi-......
In Sand And Gold (michael Josepl., I2s. 6d.) Mr. Terry
tells of two gold- prospecting ,expeditions which he led into the Dry Lands of Central Australia. He has written what can best be de- scribed as a rattling good yarn, full of......
The Loves Of Goya By Marion Chapman
Since this book (Herbert Jenkins, 7s. 6d.) has strayed out of the novel column let us accept its claim to be judged as literature, and judge it accord- ingly.. It is, we, are,......