Sunday Mercury from Birmingham, West Midlands, England • 12

Twelve SUNDAY MERCIWV II PffMlkn tM BOOKS NEW FICTION TO GIVE AT CHRISTMAS tOO HH om Ddacmiltan £ist A Charles Morgan THE RIVER UNE to A subtle end beautiful book The craftsmanship is admirable" Howard Spring (Sunday Graphic 8 6d net Mazo de la Roche MARY WAKEFIELD the mw Jalna novel 10s 6d net RETURN TO JALNA Just reprinted 1 Is 6d net Intruder In The Dust By William Faulkner (Chatto and windus 9s 6d) Little Boy Lost Bv Ma Laskie (Cresset Press 9s 6d) On a Dark Night By Anthony West (Eyre and Spottiswoode Point of No Return By John Marquand (Hale 10s 6d) The Strangers By cied- wyn Hughes (Phoenix House 8s 8d) The Far Cry By Emma Smith (MacGibbon and Kee 9s 6d) Hut Parasites By Daphne Du Maurier (Gotland 11s) The Phttiituies By dr Uwnch (Pilot General Anders AN ARMY IN EXILE 2nd Imp 25s net Rebecca West THE MEANING OF TREASON 2nd Imp 18s net JOAN COGGIN Dancing with Death A new Lady Lupin mystery by the author of WHO KILLED THE CURATE (29th thous) Here is a detective story-teller with a welcome sense of the ludicrous or perhaps a humorous writer with a detective The Field 86 JOHN DELLBRIDGE Unfit to Plead An attempt to poison a three-year-old boy ahd a brutal murder with a Gurkha knife are the main ingredients of John new thriller By the author of SEARCHLIGHT ON HAMBLEDON (8th thous) Entertainment value Very Good The Tribune 96 HURST BLACKETT POETRY Awaken Pegasus and other ISS 8s) MISCELLANEOUS Gaiety of Enehant- By MacQueen Pope (W Allen 20s) Avon By Allan Card (ilus) (Chapman and HalL 21s) Thf Green Beret (Commandos) fejarftottsK 15s The Saturday Book Edited by Leonard Russell (Hutchinson 21s) children Malcolm Kirk Illustrated by Joyce Francis (Peter 'NeviU 6s) For boys and girls Author and artist both live in Birmingham And last but by no means least there is a charming book of verse by Eleanor Farjeon with profuse illustrations by Isobel and John Morton Sale (Michael Joseph 5s) It is called The Starry Floor WONDERFUL OOtCA ENGLISH 0ANNED I0UM ar 1963068 By Anthony Edgemore fMc Hm AT this time of the yew I am called upon to recommend books suitable as Christmas gifts for both young and old And it is SinTobviSvTi! since obviously it 1 im- possible to eater for all tastes and varying ages The easiest and perhaps the best way is to give a list of the outstanding books in different categories and follow on with some brief indications of what is available books for children Here it is: Reith (Hodder and Scenes from a By Ajaric TRAVEL The Condor and the Cows By Christopher Utolrwood (Methuen 31) ESSAYS AND MEMOIRS A Notebook By Somerset Maugham (Hail "eiriemarra 10a 6d) rset Maugham 72s 6d) Delight By Priestley (Hein inu- FICTION A (Michael oseph lisf ML7 A Wife at Sea By Simenon feiV to 8d By Sit (Routledge 9s 6d Bavarian Story By Mannion (Jarrolds IOs Ethel 6d) For the OW for the children Here are delightful books which will give a thrill when unpacked and opened For the very young I can recommend: The Annual large type and coloured illustrations (Hutchinson 3s 6d) The Tale of Babi Monkey By Valerie Magill (Longmans 3s 8a) Coloured illustrations White Collar Zoo By Clare Barnes Jr Many fine photographs (Methuen 4) Little Miss Pink at the Great House and Little Miss Pink at 8chooL By Rodney Bennett (Harrap 3a 6d) Large type and coloured illustrations Muffin The Mule By Anneitte Mills (University of London Press Coloured illustrations You will see Muffin on the television For the older children there is profusion to choose from The Football Association Book for Boys (Naldrett Press 10s) By well-known writers and sportsmen 192 pages many illustrations Children's Wonder Book In Colour (Odhama 10s 8d) 192 pages many illustrations stories and features by many well-known writers Raymond Book of Sport for Boys Sporting SSSJT TSS6 "gtffi 6d) Own Book of The graphs 320 pal over 100 drev maps: an exciting world trip visiting places and Modern Enoylopmdta for Children A bumper book of information about almost everything on under and over the earth Many illustrations (Odhama IQs 6d) ie You The The "story" booki The Spiderto Web By GUM Dalton (of Leamington) IS of Tom at adventures of Tom and Rodney Chester well-known in BBC Cnild Hour (Foley House Press 6s) (For boys and girls) Golden Sovereign By Dorothy Lyons (Hale 6s) Mainly about horses (For boys and girls) Cilia of Edge By Mabel Esther Allan (Museum Press 6s) For girls and deals with circus and school life The Roar By Douglas Duff (Jenkins Si) Adventure for boys Adventore Omnibus By Eric Ley land Three book In one about cowboys etc (Oao DECEMBER 6 Leila MackJplai PILOT'S POINT I tb 1 fishing village hem the the twentieth wtury op dy nag to Patricia Vouof THE GALLANT OPPORTUNIST Patricia Young haf created another great personality--Sherry Athlon girl who want to ha aameone" and whose queat takes her from London Hollywood is CrsnftN SMOOTH KILLING taSfjSm Wwrtari wtASeetland Yard A to fa the in tha non si Ws Mead Doris Hows THREE A charming amw mninlr to leaden la which the whale tempo at woman Ufa la ahanged hy a a sating at three at auna dr dr NEW 5- REPRINTS LnurleLonf 'WAY ALOFT An la vigor ting yam at tha flaat to Nebaa'e day whan slavery and aanuggling were rampant Jane Dorset SET TO PARTNERS An appealing romance by aa author who adapt at handling human problem ROM ALL OQOXSHLLEM AND U1XAX1ES WARD LOCK -i marry him again but Ido wiah teach bridegrooms about rationing I when the meat is finished that Phil is most likely to ask friends in for a meal I can cope now First Batchelors soup so rich and eo full-flavoured I Next tender Batchelors peas with the fish for a substantial main course I Then Batchelor fruit for a luscious sweet 1 And my meal is a big eucce! DtUcioua nourishing Betcheiort oup turn an ordinary meal into one extra ipeiHal Ask Cpf Rtchoior fffif tQQRy I 0 VKRETARLBI FRUITS Washer MY AFFAIR MIMSIE! ft Yu Yea dear you know very well I refuse to wear these leng "But you're wearing them dear" I know it! I can't find my trunks anywhtre" You "You know I Where are they Year after year you do this and have no more of it Now what have you dona with them 44 Done with what deer?" my trunks I inalst on knowing I won't be browbeaten any more so you may as well tali me" dear I know quite wrong of me to expect gratitude Gratitude 1 For what thinking about your lumbago lumbago! Tush Anyone would think I was an old man" get any younger dear" I wear these long pants ana Very well dear as you are my trunks then understand your objections to long pants darling After all it Is gettini quite wintry and only week you were compla how cold it was hanging aba the 44 Maybe But neither here nor there will not wear long pants they make me feel Itchy Besides so so unbecoming If I suffer tor it thata my affair" As you wish but I do think you might hove a little consideration for Consideration for I How on earth Your affair? veiw easy for you to that if you suffer for it your affair but unfortunately mine as well You know how the cold makes you morose and bad-sulk and mo tempered You sulk criticise the meals and ck Tibbies and generally visit your tantrums if you lumbago or catch co: to beer the burden of behave like that at all As for catching colds I noticed the preventive properties of long pants yet" wonder when you refuse to wear a hat! Anyway what do you mean when you say unbecomli Well so they are looks a perfect fool pants" of It? No one will see you in them except me I trust and I knew a Just suppose "You oant aay about that Suppose ntjMrousers were to for 6 sake don't be ridic" what you think but anything can happen these days Ai this going nd what aSout ldfot I feel in trunks one can still look manly even when de- rTTddWruufnuv troubling you supposing trm would be to On the other rather Juat araSf lighting your pipe -Mlmsle you are at me and I have It Once for all I Insist where are my trunk But I keep telling you I tore them all up for dusters this morning HERBERT JENKINS LTD just Out The Lazy Meuse By BERNARD NEWMAN A lively account of Bedtard Journey along the entire length of the Meuse A travel book of interest drama and humour by one of the most travelled of modern authors Illustrated from Photographs 15s net PLAN WITH THE PLANETS In this volume Lyndoe greatest of twentieth -century astrologers covers ell the major aspects of modern life personality marriage career gambling games habits etc and making this a work of unique astrological Importance he has included an informative calendar indicating your most significant years between now and 1999 5s net HERBERT JENKINS LTt from now on oven I can do the washing Well-known Midland author's latest success THE WEB CIIBERT DALTON THIS BOOK for boys and girls which has been serialised in the BBC Hout is causing widespread interest throughout thb Midlands Special displays can be seen in the leading Booksellers of the large towns THE AUTHOR who was the subject of a leading article in a recent issue of the Sunday Mercury is a prolific writer for boys and girls 4 He's a 4wo million word a year man besides being a popular broadcaster and sports writer Obtain YOUR copy now THE FOLEY HOUSE PRESS 31-36 FOLEY STREET LONDON Wl Please oik Jbr Special Him Purdue Term OPEN ALL DAY SATURDAYS' NORNMfe 1103-4-3 SANDS LTD 147 HEATHFIILD ROAD HANDSWORTH BIRMINGHAM and girls Green as Grass By Isobel St Vincent (Hutchinson 4s fld) Adventure for boys and girls OMratien6 Panpipe By EC aoeo 4 A jLn ru Vim 1 t( 1.