World's News (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 1955), Saturday 13 June 1925, page 12


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"Queen of the Dawn" (H. Rider Haggard)

A love tale of old Egypt and its Shepherd King. The daughter of the real king is compelled to run away from the palace owing to the tyranny of the People of the Dawn. She goes to live among the Pyramids, and there meets and loves the son of the Shepherd King. Their union heals the feud that existed between the two peoples. There is vitality in this last yarn of ancient Egypt and of Babylon: also a plot of spirit, easy to follow. There are no eternal disquisitions, such as spoiled some few of the last books and made them heavy; nor is the heroine supernatural in any way; indeed, she is a modern flapper, unmistak-ably, for all her queendom and her destiny. There is a supernatural element, but it does not overshadow all the story, which is of human people, acting humanly, and entirely easy and entertaining reading. Published by Hutchinson, London: our copy from Dy-mock's Book Arcade, Sydney.