14 FEBRUARY 1925, Page 28

Mrs. Harter. By E. M. Delafield. (Hutchinson. 7s. ad. net.)-All

the characters in this picture of life in an English country-town are cleverly drawn, and provide a sincere and lively background for the main story of an exceptional women's tragedy. Mrs. Harter is the type of strong silent woman of whom we usually become aware only through bald newspaper reports of divorces and murder trials. Her personality is drawn here with skill, sympathetically but not sentimentally.