13 NOVEMBER 1926, Page 30

THE GIANT OF OLDBORNE. By John Owen. (Heinemann. 7s. 6d.

net.)—A gentle tale of last century about. a rustic hero whose enormous height' was at once a tragedy_ and his means of livelihood as " freak " in a travelling show. He loved unhappily, but with chivalrous fidelity, and the story of his obscure adventures makes an agreeable, quiet book.