Recently George N. Cassar has published an anthology of his Maltese works Zmien il-Hsad. Hundreds of Gozitans remember Mr Cassar as a teacher of Maltese at the Gozo Lyceum. During the last ten years of his career with the Education Department he was head of the Ninu Cremona Complex and later of the Post Secondary Schools M.A.Refalo.

The book appeals to a wide readership. There is a variety of subjects and each essay is roughly two pages long. The style is clear and direct in idiomatic Maltese often in a light vein and sprinkled with colourful anecdotes from every day life with its light and dark sides as well as incidents that are a personal experience of the author.

Cassar’s style of writing resembles Kilin’s in Klikki Klikki ma’ Wenzu. Other essays deal with common social ills and a whole chapter is dedicated to “Six open letters to my nephew’ which are a sort of guideline to young people embarking on life’s journey.

The last item in the book is an extremely interesting study in English about the historically ignored sojourn of the French in Gozo.

The book is available from all leading book shops priced at €5.00.