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Issue Details: First known date: 1931... vol. 3 no. 5 15 May 1931 of All About Books est. 1928 All About Books
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Notes

  • Cover features overlapping photographs of Flora Eldershaw and Marjorie Barnard captioned : M. Barnard Eldershaw whose book Green Memory is reviewed in this issue.
  • In 'An Important Book' Phil Grim nominates Victor Lefebure's Scientific Disarmament as 'the most important book published this season'.
  • Includes 'Outstanding Novels of the Season' from John O'London's Weekly.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1931 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Jessie Mackay, Eileen Duggan , single work criticism
Duggan compares the positions of Mackay and Gilmore in their respective national canon.
 (p. 106)
Magical Malaya, Phil Grim , single work review
— Review of Magical Malaya Ambrose Pratt , 1931 single work prose ; (p. 106)
What is Good Literature?, George H. Cowling , single work review (p. 107)
A Reader's Notebook, Nettie Palmer , single work review
— Review of Green Memory M. Barnard Eldershaw , 1931 single work novel ; (p. 108-109)
A Bookseller Talks Shop, W. E. Fuller , single work prose humour (p. 110)
The Most Promising Author, Alan Fraser , single work review (p. 111)
Mrs. E. Coulson Davidson's Historical Play, Keith F. Bean , single work review
— Review of The Forerunners (in the Reign of Victoria) : A Historical Play E. C. Davidson , 1925 single work drama ; (p. 112)
Mystery, Love, Adventure, single work review
— Review of Evelyn : something more than a story James Francis Dwyer , 1929 single work novel ; O Splendid Sorcery James Francis Dwyer , 1930 single work novel ; (p. 113)
Best Sellers, single work column (p. 114)
London Morning Post Praises Australian Novel, single work review
— Review of Tybal Men 'Louis Kaye' , 1931 single work novel ; (p. 117)
Looking For Gold, single work review
This brief column reviews two practical guides to gold mining: Getting Gold and Idriess' Prospecting for Gold.
 (p. 118)
Sydney Lyceum Club [Meeting Report], Frances McGowan , single work column (p. 118)
Society of Australian Authors [Meeting Report], single work column (p. 118)
Australian Literature Society [Meeting Report], Vida Lenox , single work column (p. 119)
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