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Issue Details: First known date: 1930... no. 16711 6 December 1930 of The Herald est. 1879 The Herald
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  • Review - Includes 'Recent Books Reviewed', the regular book review column, by 'Touchstone'. The works reviewed include : Solo to Sydney, by F. C. Chichester ; Secret Service, by (Major-General, Sir) George Aston ; Thy Servant a Dog, by Rudyard Kipling ; The Knife, by Peadar O'Donnell ; The Murder at the Vicarage, by Agatha Christie, and a review of the magazine Australia To-day 1931 (the annual special number of Australian Traveller), (p. 31).

  • Review - Includes 'Thumbnail Reviews', a series of brief reviews of recently published works. These include : The Yarn of a Yeoman, by S. F. Hatton ; Corpse in Canonicals, by G. D. H. and M. Cole ; Monsoon Music, by Marie Bjelke-Petersen ; The Valley of Suspicion, by Florence Riddell ; The Blue Vesuvius, by Anthony Wynne ; The Sliding Door, by Dorothy Buck ; Chaffee of Roaring Horse, by Ernest Haycox ; The Mystery on the Moor, by J. Jefferson Farjeon ; The Temple of the Body, by Mabel Beatty ; Uncertain Glory, by Margaret Yeo ; Murder Backstairs, by Anne Austin ; Colonel Dam, by Storer Clouston ; and The Seven Lost Trails of Africa, by H. A. Chilvers, (p. 31).

  • Column - Includes 'Books Received for Review'. The works listed include : The Great Hill-Climb, by Alex P. Campbell ; Katinka, by Irene Forbes-Mosse ; The Early Life and Diaries of William Windham, by (Rev.) K. Cremer ; The Poets' Corner : The Hundred Most Popular English Poems, selected by I. M. Parsons ; The Life of Robert Burns, by Catherine Carswell ; Comrades of the Clouds, by L. Y. Erskine ; The Jagged Rim, by Simon Dare ; Roc. A Dog's-Eye View of War, by Edmund Vale ; Management : The Secret of Increased Net Profits, by Herbert N. Casson ; Roarin' Rinconada, by W. D. Hoffman ; Dumb Animal, and Other Stories, by Osbert Sitwell ; Nancy Vane, by Ruth Young ; Miniature Banking Histories, by R. H. Mottram ; Somerton's Folly, by Keble Butler ; Winter Movement, and Other Poems, by Julian Bell ; The Heir, by Roger Burlingame ; Imperial Palace, by Arnold Bennett ; The Cast-Iron Duke, by Stephen McKenna, (p. 31).

  • Column - Includes the item 'Our Library List'. The works listed include : The Deepening Stream, by Dorothy Canfield ; Mosaic, by G. B. Stern ; On Forsyte 'Change, by John Galsworthy ; Seed, by Charles Norris ; Over the Hills, by Jeffery Farnol ; The Office Wife, by Faith Baldwin ; Since Then, by (Sir) Philip Gibbs, (p. 31).

  • Article - Includes an article on the Imperial War Museum Library, in London. The article lists various books held by the library which refer to the A. I. F. These include : The Australian Victories in France in 1918, by (Sir) John Monash ; The Australians : Their Final Campaign, 1918, by F. M. Cutlack ; Australia in Arms, by Philip F. E. Schuler ; Glorious Deeds of the Australasians in the Great War, by E. C. Buley ; Australasia Triumphant, by A. St. John Adcock ; The Story of the Fifth Australian Division, by (Capt.) A. D. Ellis ; Westralian Cavalry in the War, by (Lt. Col.) A. C. N. Olden ; The History of the 2nd Light Horse Regiment, by (Lt. Col.) G. H. Bourne ; The History of the 7th Light Horse, by (Lt. Col.) J. D. Richardson ; With the Ninth Light Horse in the Great War, by (Major) T. H. Darley ; The Fighting Thirteenth, by (Capt.) T. A. White ; The History of the Fourteenth Battalion A. I. F., by Newton Wanless ; With the Twenty-Second, by (Capt.) E. Gorman ; The Blue and Brown Diamond, by (Lt. Col.) W. Dollman and (Sgt.) H. M. Skinner ; The 28th, by (Col.) H. B. Collett ; The 38th Battalion, A. I. F., by Eric Fairey ; The Fortieth, by F. C. Green ; The Story of a Battalion, by W. Devine ; The Whale Oil Guards, by J. J. Kennedy ; The Australian Army Medical Corps in Egypt, by James W. Barrett and Percy Deane ; The Cameliers, by Oliver Hogue ('Trooper Bluegum') ; With Horse and Morse in Mesopotamia, by Keast Burke ; Soldiers and Sportsmen, by Lt. G. H. Goddard, (p. 31).
  • Article - Includes the article 'Boosting Societies', by George Gilbert (co-author of The Censorship and Public Morality). Here Gilbert considers the pros and cons of book societies, and the extent to which they benefit readers, publishers and authors. Notably, Gilbert argues that in an Australian context, 'there should not be much scope for book clubs, since that portion of our public which does read books is excellently served by its booksellers, who are more than competent to advise those requiring guidance, leaving the choice to the buyer', (p. 32).

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1930 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Lure of the Bush : Woman Novelist Explores the Wilds, single work interview
A brief article on author Marie Bjelke-Petersen's recent visit to the Bunya Mountains, in Queensland.
(p. 19)
Home to the Suni"These shall I know again (and very soon", Myra Morris , single work poetry (p. 29)
Confessions from Behind the Bars : Horace, King of the Rhesus, Vernon H. Mattingley , single work short story humour
A humorous item on the monkeys in the Melbourne Zoo, as told by the author, in the guise of the monkey 'King Horace'.
(p. 30)
Untitled, 'Touchstone' , single work review
— Review of Monsoon Music Marie Bjelke-Petersen , 1930 single work novel ;
(p. 31)

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