Excerpts from new Publications on a given Theme
New books, and good ones at that, come pouring from the press in such a spate that it is impossible for reviewers to keep pace with them. It is obvious that very few can be dealt with in the times available for broadcast talks on New Books. Partly with an idea of making up for this deficiency to some extent, and partly because the public wants to know what the books are like-not only what they are about and what can be said for or against them-it has been decided to broadcast excerpts from a number of new books on Sunday evenings.
These excerpts will not be taken haphazard, but will be linked together in theme or 'motif', whether they are taken from fiction, biography, science, history, or any other literary form. The link between excerpts will be of the slightest—the quotations will speak for themselves.