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Issue Details: First known date: 1929... vol. 1 no. 7 18 June 1929 of All About Books est. 1928 All About Books
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Notes

  • MacFarlane reviews non-Australian popular fiction in his column 'Novels I Think You Would Like To Read'.
  • Includes an extensive review of John Charteris' biography of Field-Marshal Earl Haig.
  • Also includes a review of Isabel M. Cluett's Waif's Progress. The review is accompanied by a photograph of the author. Elsewhere in this issue Cluett authors a contribution critical of Hector Bolitho.
  • Short notes on recent non-fiction publications appear in 'Brief Reviews of Notable Books'.
  • 'Best-seller' lists from England, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand are included under the title 'What England and America are Reading'.
  • Charles Barrett reviews five books on archaeology.
  • This issue begins with an article by A. R. D. Fairburn reviewing Tolstoy's attack on Shakespeare.
  • Includes a report of the banning of My First Two Thousand Years : The Autobiography of the Wandering Jew by George Sylvester Viereck and Paul Eldridge.
  • Includes reprints of the letters by George Bernard Shaw, H.G. Wells, and Arnold Bennett sponsored by Harrods as whole page advertisements in the English press under the title 'Shaw, Wells and Bennett on Advertising and the Duty of Authors'.
  • 'Views, News and Reviews' contains short news items about publications and authors.
  • Includes reports of Literary Society meetings.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1929 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Fine Novel, single work review
— Review of Shepherd of Israel Leonora Eyles , 1929 single work novel ; (p. 206)
A Reader's Notebook, Nettie Palmer , single work review
— Review of To Meet the Sun Robert D. FitzGerald , 1926 selected work poetry ; White Magic Myra Morris , 1929 selected work poetry ; (p. 207-208)
The Little Black Princess, K. Baker , single work column (p. 210)
The Relation of Ex Libris to Books, Camden Morrisby , single work prose (p. 212)
A Modern Comedy, single work review
— Review of The Widowhood of Suzanne : A Comedy in Three Acts E. C. Davidson , 1929 single work drama ; (p. 220)
A Novel of Forgotten Australian History, single work review
— Review of The Straitsmen : A Romance Vernon Williams , 1929 selected work novel ; (p. 222)
Murders, Thrills and Mysteries, Nettie Palmer , single work review
Palmer reviews six works of detective fiction.
 (p. 224-227)
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