11 SEPTEMBER 1926, Page 24

• 'SCUTCHEON FARM. By Mrs. J. 0. Arnold. (Nelson. 7s.

6d. net.)--A gentle tale of devotion and suffering, set in the Lake District' The heroine, a woman of exceptional firmness of character, is at once a victim of an unhappy marriage and of a wholesome war-time romance terminated by the death of her lover. Her problem, one which must have confronted many brave and selfless like her, centres upon her child : she meets it squarely and brings much happiness to others, though sparing little enough for herself. childlike, pleasant book.