St. George and the Dragons : a Comedy in Three
Acts. By Eden Phillpotts. (Duckworth. 2s. fid.)—At first it seems as though Mr. Phillpotts's aim is to insist on the old rule that it is .unwise to marry out of one's class, but as a later reflection we think he is engaged rather in showing how that astute and affable cleric, " St. George," the Right Rev. the Bishop of Exonford, proves principles to be frequently no more than rhetorical pretensions. We are sure that neither Mr. Phillpotts nor " St. George " would have prevented Monica Sampford from marrying her attractive young farmer if she had had a little more strength of character and some insight. It was a good thing for Teddy Copplestone that the Bishop came along. But though we sympathize with the Bishop's aims, we cannot altogether agree with his methods, and indeed, as admirers of the delightful Copplestone family, we resent them. We confess we would much rather have gone back to supper with Teddy and Unity and heard how the white cow was progressing, and even endured the concertina, than stop to listen to the Bishop as he dotted the " i's " and crossed the " t's " of his sermon in the last act:
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