“Shibli” Listens In.

Hector Bolitho's latest is “The House In Half Moon Street and Other Stories,” which should arrive from Cobden Sanderson's by the time these notes are published. His Marie Tempest biography is due to be published early this winter.

Trevor Lane, who is one of the youngest editors in New Zealand, has a reputation for knowing what the public wants. He produced one of the finest Christmas numbers of “The Radio Record” in the history of that publication. Like many another fine journalist, he secured his early training on the defunct Christchurch “Sun.”

Mr. C. A. L. Treadwell's “Famous N.Z. Trials,” that ran serially through “The New Zealand Railways Magazine,” have been accepted for publication in book form by Thomas Avery & Sons, New Plymouth.

Gordon Minhinnick, possibly the most popular cartoonist in New Zealand, recently published a further collection of his cartoons. Methinks, if overseas newspaper editors see the book, Minhinnick will not be long with us.

A tip for collectors.—London book firms have recently issued several interesting catalogues of “remainders” containing some remarkable bargains that in a few years should be worth many times the prices now asked.