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Issue Details:
First known date:
1931...
vol.
3
no.
7
13 July
1931
of
All About Books
est. 1928
All About Books
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Notes
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Cover features photograph (with handwritten inscription) of Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales with the Empress and Emperor of Germany captioned : Reproduced from Karl Nowark's interesting book Kaiser and Chancellor - the inscription is in the Kaiser's own handwriting.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1931 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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A Great Australian Judge,
single work
review
— Review of Henry Bournes Higgins : A Memoir 1931 single work biography ; (p. 146) -
As a Girl of 12 Sees Them,
single work
review
— Review of Jock the Scot : The Adventures of the Dog of the House Who Gave up Town Life to Run a Country Estate 1930 single work novel ; (p. 147) -
Unknown Australia,
single work
review
Review of Terry's Hidden Wealth and Hiding People.
- A Reader's Notebook, single work review (p. 148)
- Cattle Duffing in Australia, single work column (p. 150)
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Playwriting - Is It Easy?,
single work
criticism
Davidson argues that Australian plays suffer less from the lack of quality in the writing than lack of support in their production.
- Best sellers and A.B.A. Recommendations, single work column (p. 154)
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Murder, etc.,
single work
review
— Review of Vandals of the Void 1931 single work novel ; (p. 156) -
The Henry Lawson Memorial and Literary Society of Footscray [Meeting Report],
single work
column
Davies reports on the Society meeting of 17 June where a resolution was passed to express disapproval at the proposed placement of Lawson's statue in Sydney. Includes a report on J.B. Stanton's address on Bracken and J.M. Bergin's review of the poems of Miss Mary C. Johnson.
- Verse Speaking Association of Victoria [Meeting report], single work column (p. 157-158)
- Australian Literature Society [Women's Night Meeting Report], single work column (p. 159)
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