SOLEMN BOY. By Hector Bolitho. (Chatto and 1Y 7s.. 6d.)—Timothy
Shrove belongs to the third gen of English- settlers in- New South Wales, and Mr. follows his development from childhood to maturity. schooldays in Sydney, his idyllic friendship with the • John Fielding, who-dies fighting in-the Great War, his tures in journalism, and his early flirtations are Nis,* scribed against a background that is breezy and full of The latter part of the book is less happy, but not less John's death fills the dreamy Timothy with the one & sting desire for a son ; but he marries a butterfly wi(t, whom the maternal instinct is weak. After a year or • conjugal unhappiness, however, his wife dies in child leaving him a boy. Though not exciting, this novel is sympathy and humour,-and will please those of us who quiet, homely study of real life.
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