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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS WEDNESDAY JANUARY

BOOKS and READERS adjustment of values, "the path is

EXPLORATION, ANVEN- TURE AND MYSTERY.

A TRAVELLER'S TALES.

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million.

In his youth Captain Kottle mot the beautiful Empress. Teresa, Torosa was without an am-

think that, with the consequens tai

none alonrly marked out for us This is another of these provoking books on economic issues-how many of them there seem to be-which have no index of adequate, table of content and not too coherent presentation of jilone.

TALES OF A FAMILY,

A FAMILY, FOREST,

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AUNT BLKY Brass In." By L. Hodder, and M Montgomery. Atoughton. 78. 6d. Novels of family life are mon. This is a novel of a family forext: "In three generations 80° Darks bad been married to 80 Pon- hallow" Miss Montgomery, moyda from branch to branch and from family foul to family fellowship with ease and entertainment. A thick sentiment is leavened with soins very tart bumour.

DOCTOR'S DRUG

ERROR

TOOK MORPHINE FOR.

CALOMEL.

EXPORT OF ARMS,

WOMEN'S PROTEST-

DÚCKING AT OXFORD.

QUILTY PERSONS PUNISHED.

Oxford, Dec. 19-The ducking by titled freshmen at Christ Church

College, Oxford, of second and third-year man, who, it is alloged, do not go in for sport or athletics

oles as a "rag" which should have is regarded in some University air.

LAND OF WONDER AND FRAL" Brnira. But Mexico refused, with its THE LANDя OF DUN.". By Violotl y, good-natured book. Its into calomel, was described at the the trafo in arms was being foster.been taken in good para

F.A. Mitchell-Hodges. Duck worth. 18.

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usual awkwardnem about"ita_form | Jacob, Murray. 168.

A SAILOR AT SEA."

"WE SAnon." By W. Townend,

of government, to regnise her' Many fascinating doauments have rights. Not so Captain Kettle. He material for this panoramic history been dredged in order to dissovor recognised them, fought for them, of a famous Scottish family. There and got into every kind of trouble for them. "An irresistible hero of 18 abundant romance in a story that goca back to the first of the Stuart an impossible romance.

Kings, and humour steals in es in

Herbert Jonkine., 78, od. the story. of the masterful Te is an old libel that a sailor eighteenth-century lady who, on has a wife in every part. But, no being asked whether a certain dianono gives a second's thought to the agreed with her, replied, faithful husband who does not know should like to see my stomach re how his wife is amusing herself fuse anything I choose to pus into while lie on the non. Fit."

THE NORTH-WEST.

One beucines just a little tired of travel writers who, begin their reminiscences with a word of pity ing contempt for the broming mil lions who drag out Pruttvo existance" in towns

It s this i sort of gading of a homsboving

"SON OF A HERO" By James people like the English which has made Switzerland what it is. And, |

Oliver Curwood, "Jarrolds. 78 Od. after all, oven Mr. Mitchell-Hodges,

James Oliver Curwood bas alwaya who regards civilisation with naive

a writer of novals contempt, spends much of his time been known" as in axcavating the ruined cities of about the wildornosses of North- the aboriginal Maya race. The fact West Canada, but here is a 'coffee- in that," rutted" or not, only "a, tion of excellent yarns of snipe nod "limited "number" of people an" live sailors on the groot inland was of America, which not only disping at

alono.

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THE ORIGINAL SQUEERS.

"THE SPELL OF YORKSHIRE” By J. Cuming Wastors Illustrated by Frank Greenwood. Methuen. Ba. Bd.

Mr. Townend shows us a hero, aë faithful n n sheep dog and as, rug. god as a rock, who is tormented by doubts at home, and by dangers at

son. A vigorous and stimulating atory.

At a mesting, pf the Womon'. Pense Crusade as Friends' Flouse, Euston-roud, the export of arma How a doctor, while under the from England was condamned.. influom, ef drink, took a fatal

Mr. Kingsley Martin said that dose el morphine in mistake for confusion and ignora regarding

Dr. Bantised by part of the Press. Britain, quest Hanley on Edward Acland, aged 30, of Lon-with other countries, was upply ard-read, Birches Head, Hantey,

The coronor, Mr. W. M. Hunting arme to China and Japan. back; mid that the case was par- There was appinuse when he said ticularly sad. This poor man,

that the NewsChronicle' was one he explained, had had a seveETS attack of what we may call drink of the few newspaper in which the ing, and had obviously had, not truth would be road. merely a great deal more than wa good for him, but a great deal more than he could well put up with, to the extent that no was hardloopable of handling kay? thing, let along drugs."

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Christ Church, Mr. E. B. F. Har To-day the Sanior Censor of

rod, said: "Duckinge "have takeri place this work, but those are not

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pretty sure they will not requr fer Ja long time.

Punishment.

It was announced that the Inter national Declaration for World Disarmament, reprinted by the We look upon it with acrero News-Chronicle, has been signed by dispicsuro 1,337,000 people, and it was hoped part are reported they are punian

If the people taking that there would be 2,000,000 signa- ed tures by the end of the year.

*In this case corsain people hava been punished, "

Mr. Giles Flayfair, the under-

Authors of travel books seldom their best the author'a gift as a Ibis in its abbeya, its dales and ink her an empty tube labell consumed three-fourths of a bottlement to the Manchurian #roblem I had hoped that Oxford in

its historical and literary associa: tions, rather than in its fodustries, that the author finds the spell of Yorkshire. Yet he rightly instats

write well, and Mr. Mitchell-Hedg« į story-teller but show that he had u is no exception to the rule But wide and comprehensive knowledge the facts which he has to relate of his subjet. The individual stories are in themselves so exciting that have been sympathetically edited inia well worth while to wander and linked together "by Miss Dorch Sheffield of the factories is as with him, through Contral America, thou A Bryant.

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his land of wonder and fear. Ho! tells of the buried city of Lubaan- Lum, rising out of the flames as the ohliterating jungle was destroyed and of the communistic Maya Krk. chi brile which is fast dying put. A subsequent, expedition took him to Guatemala, where the Zutuhile In diana tear witches and to Nicara. gua, where he arrived in time for

a civt! war.

LOVE IN GREECE.

By Drisu is

HOTEL ACROPOLIS.

full of wonders as the "Arabian Nights." Naturally, he has more thing to say of the Brontes, and he reminds us that it was a Yorkshire schoolmaster that Dickens took a a model for Squeers. Mr. Walters

tube

Miss Eleanor Gibbons, house. keepor se Dr. Aeland, in a written

statemmt said that Dr. Aotand "To Smash the League." had bem ill for about three days, and was ordered by his partner,

Resolutions making the Govern-raduate son of Sir Nigel Playfairy Dr. Hamilton, to stay in bed.

mont to refrain from granting authors of the alleged ducking as the actor-manager, described the The averal days he had been licences for the export of arms and

incompetent nit-wita" drinking. On Wednesday he had y munitions, and utging the Govern- no fd what he was saying or ment to support the Langue of undergraduates magazine which ha Writing in the Cherwell." the baton it, at the same time haddoing, and. so far as known, ho Nations in its efforts for a settle Mr. Playfair says: "Morphine or atropine." Ma Gibbons told him that the was so labelled, but by that time

said,No, it is calomel." he appeared to be very drowsy and Dr. Hamilton said that he was attending Dr. Acland for the after results of a dipsomaniae attack. The tube had contained tablets each of half grain of morphine and 100th of a grain of atropine- antidote to morphin. Dr. Achine at onco given treatment, but was found dead at 9.30 next day

The coroner found that death was

taken by misadventure.

WO-S

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the

Rochelle. Nash and Grays has made of the story of his York-ue to an overdose of morphine,

78, (d." This exotic and voluptuous work. would doubtless have been better ing ita original French than it is a translation, English readers will probably be irritated by as much talk of love. The speed and

Yariety

The Grecian

The author, rightly perhaps, leaves none of his sufforinga from Con-cf the narrative, however, are such tral American insects to imagina-hat the book is always lively and tion. Tarantulas, scorpions, doctor frequently exciting. fties and ticks are among the lesser setting given M. La Rochelle many erils of their kind. The habite et opportunities for vivid score-paint-

e gusano Ay are such that they are scarcely fit to be repeated. Bul, As Mr. Mitchell-Hodges says. "It would be absurd to gloss things

over,

5,000,000 SOLD.

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shire pilgrimage a very plosnt book and his illustrator has help od to convey the "spell" of the ocunty to the stranger.

VILLAIN TO CATCH

VILLAR

THE KILLERS." By George Owen Baxter. Hedder and Stoughton 7a, du.

Mr. George Baxter sote a villain

to catch a villain. But he panders

to popular taste enough to make his hero just a little less of a vil-

The Gold Tangle and the Way Blain than the true villain, and 'we Out," by Frederick and Alfred move in a cinema-like world of Wigglesworth (The Bodley Head, assassins, "beautiful hercines, hair- Hy 58.), is yet another discussion of breadth escapes and sentimental what the authors describe as "by" fade-outs." All very exciting and far the most vital question of the very improbable. day." They are pleased wo have

C. I. Cultiffa Hyne. Ward. Lock, 79, 8d.

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of brandy. About eight p.m. he by an impartial inquiry, were pask-1931 had outgrowa, the public- Was re drunk, and shortly be ed.

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school spirit at ite worst, but ap Philip Nool-Baker, parently I am wrong. I can only a few minutes. Later Miss Gib. Parliamentary Secretary to the fore ten p.m. he was left alone for bons poke to him about taking Foreign Minister in the last Gov-appeal to the noblemen of Christ ernment, said: "Armament in Church to abide by their own rules, terests, which are out to prost by even if they are unable to abide doss of calomel.

the present position, are trying to by the rules of enlightened human-

ity.' smash the authority of the League of Nations, knowing that if they are to be successful they must do it now."

Antidote to Alcohol.

At this point the coroner said that a large dose of calomel, he We informed on good authority would be a great extent do away with the evil effects of heavy drink ing.

went on, Dr. Acland said, "I have In reply to Misa Gibbons, he

! (Continued on previous column ↑

Mr. Kingsley Martin said that as the export of arms and immuni- tion had to be licensed by the Board Foreign Office, the trade in arma of Trade, with the approval of the

(Continued on nex Column.)

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