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Issue Details: First known date: 1930... vol. 2 no. 1 20 January 1930 of All About Books est. 1928 All About Books
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Notes

  • 'Best-seller' lists from England, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand are included under the title 'What England and America are Reading'.
  • Includes a reprint of John Galsworthy's Foreword to Stacy Aumonier's collection of short stories.
  • Indicative of the magazine's coverage of popular novels the column 'Some Good New Novels' in this issue contains reviews headed 'An English Idyll', 'A Real Thriller', 'A Quick-Shooting Tale', 'The Rise of a Typiste', and 'Adventure in the East'.
  • Works by Susan Glaspell, Carolyn Wells and Mollie Panter-Downes are reviewed in 'Some Good Recent Books'.
  • 'Some Views, News and Reviews' also includes pieces on the Poet Laureate, 'The Inner Story of Journey's End', and praise for Helen Ogden and Ida Richardson's Wild Flowers of Western Australia.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1930 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Duty on Books!, Daniel Wrixon Thorpe , single work column (p. 1-2, 7)
A Reader's Notebook, Nettie Palmer , single work review
— Review of The Gully and Other Verses Furnley Maurice , 1929 selected work poetry ; The Golden Shanty Edward Dyson , 1911 selected work short story ; (p. 3-4)
Novels I Think You Would Like To Read, S. M. MacFarlane , single work review
— Review of Toad Bernard Cronin , 1929 single work novel ; (p. 5-7)
The 'Iron' in Irony, Furnley Maurice , single work short story romance (p. 8-10)
For Lovers of Good Reading, John Quill , single work prose
Quill enthuses over Pocket Editions, rare publications and the republication of works together in a series or multi-volume set.
 (p. 11)
A Bookseller Talks Shop, W. E. Fuller , single work prose humour (p. 12-13)
St Paul - A Play in Three Acts, E. C. Davidson , single work review (p. 13)
Dale Collins Revisits Australia, single work column (p. 18)
Some Tragic Figures in Dramatic Literature, E. C. Davidson , single work criticism (p. 19-20)
A Bunch of Good Novels, Jay , single work review
— Review of The Desolate House Helen Simpson , 1929 single work novel ; (p. 21)
Notes on Australian Writers, E. J. Brady , single work biography
Brady gives a brief biographical and bibliographical sketch of each of these writers who, early in their careers contributed to his magazine The Native Companion.
 (p. 26)
Mystery and Detective Stories, G. W. Wicking , single work review
— Review of The Mystery of the Green Caterpillars J. M. Walsh , 1930 single work novel ; (p. 28-30)
A Story for Girls, single work review
— Review of Sunset Hill 'Elizabeth Powell' , 1929 single work novel ; (p. 30)
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