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Issue Details: First known date: 1931... vol. 3 no. 8 14 August 1931 of All About Books est. 1928 All About Books
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Notes

  • Cover features a photograph of Mary Gilmore captioned : Mary Gilmore, whose new book of poems, 'The Rue Tree,' has just been published.
  • Alan Fraser reviews, amongst others, Bernard Shaw's Collected Plays, The Weigher of Souls by Andre Maurois and Mollie Panter-Downes' My Husband Simon.
  • In his column 'A Bookseller Talks Shop' W. E. Fuller mentions Taylor's Smith of Birkenhead, Remarque's The Road Back, Heyer's The Conquerer and Wynne's The Last Days of September.
  • Includes a recommendation for Cicely Hamilton's Modern Germanies.
  • Wicking very briefly reviews a number of works of popular fiction in 'More Murders; Also Love and Adventure' recommending Olive Wadsley's Cabaret to 'library readers'.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1931 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
What is a Good Novel? : Reviews and Comments, George H. Cowling , single work criticism
Cowling continues his series in pursuit of a definition of 'good literature'.
 (p. 162-63)
Should There Be a Duty on Books? : Politicians Evidently Think So, Daniel Wrixon Thorpe , single work column
Report on the Tariff Board's deliberations and recommendations regarding the imposition of an import duty on books.
 (p. 163-64)
Vernon Williams : An Appreciation, Bernard Cronin , single work obituary
Cronin praises Williams' character and talent and explains some of the circumstances that lead to his suicide.
 (p. 168)
Best Sellers and A.B.A. Recommendations, single work column (p. 170)
A Book for Children, J. T. , single work review
— Review of King's Castle Doreen K. Puckridge , 1931 single work children's fiction ; (p. 172)
Australian Literature Society [Meeting Report], Vida Lenox , single work column
Report of the July meeting of the society where authors read from their own works, sympathy was expressed at the death of Vernon Williams and Lavater moved a resolution that the Sciety protest the 10% primage tax on books.
 (p. 175)
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