10 OCTOBER 1931, Page 28

SOWING GLORY. Edited by P. C. Wren. (John Murray.. 7s.

Gd.)—" Mary Ambree," the girl who enlisted in the Foreign Legion to look after her lover, had no literary gift. Her diary lacked colour. She asked Mr. Wren to edit it, and the result has colour and to spare. The staccato style is irritating, but this is a most compelling book.