10 NOVEMBER 1923, Page 25

IN THE MORNING OF TIME. By Charles G. D. Roberts.

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In a disarming preface to this story of prehistoric man Mr. Roberts apologizes for the liberties which he has taken with Time, and for the wealth of achievement with which he ha § credited his hero. The apology is necessary, but, allowing for these defects, it is a stimulating tale and refreshingly original. Whenever he is at a loss Mr. Roberts fills up space with a fight between various animals • the first, between a carnivorous dinosaurian and an iguanodon, is most vividly described ; but he would be bloodthirsty indeed who had not tired of slaughter by the time he reached the last (between the giant bulls and the crocodiles). Still, it is an entertaining book.