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Issue Details:
First known date:
1929...
vol.
1
no.
11
21 October
1929
of
All About Books
est. 1928
All About Books
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Notes
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In 'Novels I Think You Would Like to Read' MacFarlane recommends romances, mysteries, and a western including Moslem Jane by Norma Lorimer, Roper's Row by Warwick Deeping, and Himself and Mr. Raikes by W.B. Maxwell.
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Includes a lengthy report of a paper given to the Shakespeare Society of New South Wales by Sydney Grammar Head Master H.S. Dettmann.
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Phil Grim reviews Mary Hasting Bradley's Trailing the Tiger at length and Laurie Erskine's Fine Fellows. Banjo by Claude McKay is reviewed under the title 'Negro Literature'.
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Mrs. F. Carr Rollett reviews four books that concern aspects of New Zealand history in 'Some Notes From New Zealand'.
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Phil Grim recommends the novels of Donn Byrne and Jeffery Farnol.
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'Best-seller' lists from England, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand are included under the title 'What England and America are Reading'.
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In the section 'New Novels for All Tastes', Will Craig, 'Jay', and G.W. Wicking briefly review non-Australian works of popular fiction.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1929 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Australian Literature Society [Meeting Report], single work column (p. 334, 364)
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The Modern Short Story,
single work
criticism
Cullen discusses short story collections from Europe and America then positions Australian short stories in a global context.
- A Reader's Notebook, single work criticism (p. 337-338)
- Australian Drama, single work column (p. 344)
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Pride and Prejudice Dramatised,
single work
review
Davidson argues against adapting Pride and Prejudice for the stage in this review of Pride and Prejudice : A Play in Four Acts adapted by Eileen H.A. and J.C. Squire.
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An Australian Novel,
single work
review
— Review of Sunset Hill 1929 single work novel ; (p. 344) - Some Views, News and Reviews, single work column (p. 349-350)
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Where Are the Songs of Yesteryear?,
single work
correspondence
Craig exhorts All About Books to pay more attention to Australian poetry.
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Annual Gordon Pilgrimage,
single work
column
Report of the Annual Pilgrimage to the grave of Adam Lindsay Gordon, 29 September, 1929.
- Arthur Russell, single work biography (p. 352)
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New Books For Children,
single work
review
— Review of Bungoona : An Australian Story 1928 single work children's fiction ; Fairies and Fancies 1929 single work poetry ; (p. 358) - An Appreciation of Australian Literature, single work criticism (p. 360)
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Sister Novelists,
single work
biography
Marsden details the writing careers of New Zealand sisters Olive and Ruth Ellison, particularly their successes in Australia.
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Pilgrimage to Henry Lawson's Grave,
single work
column
This is a report of The Henry Lawson Literary Society, Sydney's pilgrimage to Lawson's grave attended by 300 people on 1 September, 1929. Sawtell and Carter were the main speakers.
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