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Issue Details: First known date: 1930... vol. 2 no. 9 15 September 1930 of All About Books est. 1928 All About Books
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1930 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Term of His Natural Life, Ida Leeson , single work review
— Review of His Natural Life Marcus Clarke , 1870-1872 single work novel ;
Leeson engages in a detailed comparison of the various forms of Clarke's novel citing primary and secondary sources.
 (p. 225-228)
A Reader's Notebook, Nettie Palmer , single work review
Palmer's column in this issue is remarkable for its lack of Australian content. Works reviewed include Caliban in Africa by Leonard Barnes, Captain James Cook, R.N. by Sir Joseph Carruthers, The Collected Poems of Edith Sitwell, Collette's Mitsou and Tashkent by Alexander Neveror.
 (p. 230-231)
A Bookseller Talks Shop, single work prose humour (p. 232)
Mary Gilmore's New Poems, Nettie Palmer , single work review
— Review of The Wild Swan : Poems Mary Gilmore , 1930 selected work poetry ; (p. 235-236)
The Meteren Road, Nettie Palmer , single work review
— Review of The Meteren Road 'Vernon Thomas' , 1930 single work novel ; (p. 236)
Success of The Emigrant, single work column (p. 237)
The Queensland Authors and Artists' Association Short Story Competition : Comments by the Judges, Firmin McKinnon , F. Bennett , single work criticism
McKinnon and Bennett describe in detail the points system they used to assess competition entries. They explain at length the failure of most entries to meet their criteria.
 (p. 238-239)
Envy, Travel, Lost Treasure, Africa, Meanness, Reflections, single work review (p. 240)
Vance Palmer Broadcasts in England, single work column (p. 240)
Mysteries That Will Keep You Guessing, G. W. Wicking , single work review (p. 242)
What the World is Reading, single work column
This column accompanies, and attempts to interpret the data from, the best seller lists from England and the United States of America and the list compiled by a committee nominated by the Associated Booksellers of Australia and New Zealand.
 (p. 244)
Pilgrimage to Gordon's Grave, single work column (p. 247)
Jennings Carmichael, J. C. Davies , single work column (p. 249)
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