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Issue Details: First known date: 1930... 6 December 1930 of The West Australian est. 1879 The West Australian
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  • Review - Includes the Saturday literary column 'Mainly About Books', by 'Autolycus', which this week includes reviews of The Arthurian Legend in Italian Literature, by Edmond Gardner, and Works and More, by Max Beerbohm, along with a brief article on pocket editions, (p. 4).
  • Review - Includes the Saturday column 'Book Reviews', comprising lengthier reviews of recent publications. The works reviewed include : Letters to Frederick Tennyson, edited by Hugh J. Schonfield ; and Drifting Men, by R. M. Fox, (p. 4).
  • Review - Includes the Saturday column 'Some Recent Fiction', a series of brief paragraph length reviews of recent publications. The works reviewed include : Katinka, by Irene Forbes-Mosse ; The Hurricane, by John Levo ; A Woman with White Eyes, by Mary Borden ; The Rake and the Hussey, by Robert W. Chambers, (p. 4).
  • Column - Includes the column 'Omnibus Books : A Modern Tendency', which looks at recent moves by British and American publishers to produce editions of selected works, and collections of stories by a number of authors, (p. 4). The works mentioned include : The Scarlet Pimpernel : Four Complete Novels in One Volume, by Emmuska Orczy ; Bulldog Drummond : His Four Rounds with Carl Peterson, by 'Sapper' ; The Best of O. Henry, chosen by 'Sapper' ; The Complete Works of O. Henry, by O. Henry ; Sapper's War Stories, by 'Sapper' ; Humorous Stories, by Barry Pain ; The Forsyte Saga, and A Modern Comedy, by John Galsworthy ; The Conan Doyle Stories, by Arthur Conan Doyle ; Strange Stories, by Algernon Blackwood ; The Mercury Story Book ; Great Modern British Plays, selected by J. W. Marriott ; Famous Plays of To-Day ; The Plays of John Galsworthy, by John Galsworthy ; Great Sea Stories of All Nations, selected by H. M. Tomlinson ; Great Stories of All Nations, edited by Maxim Lieber and Blanche Cotton Williams ; Great Short Stories of the World, edited by Barrett Clark and Maxim Lieber ; Great German Short Stories, edited by Reginald Hargreaves and Lewis Melville ; and Complete Writing for Profit, by Michael Joseph, (p. 4).

  • Review - Includes the column 'Children's Literature', a series of brief reviews of recently published children's books. The works reviewed include : The Gang on Wheels, by D. Lindsay Thompson ; There Came a Call, by Lilian Turner ; Arthur Mee's Story Book, by Arthur Mee ; and Haunted Island, by Isabel M. Peacocke, (p. 4).
  • Advertisement - Includes Perth bookseller Albert and Son's advertisement for various recent arrivals. The works listed include : Thy Servant a Dog, by Rudyard Kipling ; Mysterious Waye, by P. C. Wren ; The Edwardians, by Vita Sackville-West ; Over the Hills, by Jeffery Farnol ; Rich and Strange, by Dale Collins ; The Glory of Britain, by David Masters ; English-Speaking Freemasonry, by (Sir) Alfred Robbins ; Since Then, by Sir Philip Gibbs ; The Emperor Karl, by Arthur von Polzer-Holditz ; A Treatise on Money, by John Maynard Keynes ; Banking, by W. W. Paine ; the travel guide Come to Scotland ; and the periodical issue The Chronicler of European Chivalry, (p. 4).
  • Advertisement - Includes Perth bookshop The Book Lovers' advertisement for various recent publications. These include : The Wanderer of Liverpool, by John Masefield ; Out of the Beaten Track, by (Maj.) C. Court Treatt ; Turning Points in History, by the Earl of Birkenhead ; De Mortius, and Mere Mortals, by C. MacLaurin (a one volume edition) ; Soul's Dark Cottage, by Richard King ; Jim Redlake, by Francis Brett Young ; Miss Mole, by E. H. Young, and Tiny Carteret, by 'Sapper', (p. 4).
  • Column - Includes the column 'New Books and Reprints'. The works listed include : Sentimental Essays, by James R. Pound ; Great Lives Divinely Planned, by Jane T. Stoddart ; Taxi!, by Anthony Armstrong ; Sitka, by F. Barrett Willoughby ; Comments and Criticisms, by (Sir) John Simon ; The Resurrection of Rome, by G. K. Chesterton ; Recollections and Other Tales, by Ioan Creanga ; Billiards, by Walter Lindrum ; Dramas of the Dock, by Guy B. H. Logan ; The Wanderer of Liverpool, by John Masefield ; A History of South America, by Charles Edmond Akers ; Fox Hunting, by (Sir) Charles Frederick ; Samoa Under the Sailing Gods, by N. A. Rowe ; The Mysterious Universe, by (Sir) James Jeans ; Nell Gwyn, by Marjorie Bowen ; Maid's Malady, Isabel Wyatt ; Naomi Godstone, by Richmal Crompton ; The Peering One, by Evander Murray ; Pam's Own Story, by (Baroness) Bettina Von Hutten ; For What?, by Barbara Cartland ; The Missing Doctor, by R. J. Fletcher ; Queer Partners, by Sinclair Murray ; The Maracot Deep, and Other Stories, by Arthur Conan Doyle ; Decent Fellows, by John Heygate. The list also includes a number of books for children and younger readers : How It Happened, by Rhoda Power ; The Valley of Suspicion, by Florence Riddell ; The River, by Tristram Tupper ; The Queen's Fillet, by P. A. (Canon) Sheehan ; The Mysterious Cavalier, by Paul Feval and M. Lassez ; The Hawk of Como, by John Oxenham ; The Fighting Fantastic, by Yvonne Moyse ; Legends of Animals Far and Near, by Rose Y. Woolf ; Tales and Legends from India, by D. M. Belgrave and H. Hart ; Cross and Sword : A Tale of Joan of Arc, by David Ker, and Father Time's Xmas Annual, an Australian children's annual, (p. 5).
  • Column - Includes brief separate reviews of the books : Tales Retailed of Celebrities and Others, by (Sir) Hastings D'Oyly ; Life's Ebb and Flow, by Frances Warwick ; and German Lyric Poetry, by Norman MacLeod, (p. 5).
  • Advertisement - Includes and advertisement for The New London Magazine, (p. 12).
  • Advertisement - Includes an advertisement for the Australian publication Table Talk Annual, (p. 15).
  • Article - Includes the Saturday literary editorial/essay, titled 'Christina Rossetti', which reflects on the British writer's life and works, a century after her birth, (p. 16).

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1930 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Untitled, single work review
— Review of The Gang on Wheels D. Lindsay Thompson , 1930 single work children's fiction ;
(p. 4)
Untitled, single work review
— Review of There Came a Call Lilian Turner , 1930 single work novel ;
(p. 4)

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