Reviews

“Politickle.” A Book of Caricatures, by Alan Reeve. This black and white artist shows considerable improvement in technique over a similar book he published last year. His ideas are at times clever. The Nelle Scanlan presentation has in it a faint touch of Max Burbohm. His different treatments are interesting, suggesting that Alan Reeve may yet find individuality. The work is uneven. I could hardly believe that the crude drawing on page 23 was drawn by the artist who shows such freedom of line on page 37. The book is well printed by the Roycroft Press. Price 1/6.

“The Story of Turi and his Canoe” is the title of a pamphlet published recently by the Patea and Waverley Press. It is an interesting historical document, based on excerpts from the Rev. T. G. Hammond's book, “The Story of Aotea.” Turi, of course, was the great navigator who voyaged from Hawaiki to New Zealand. He made Patea his home, hence the striking memorial erected in his honour in that rare little town by the river.