His Lady's Pleasure. By Harold Bindloas. (F. V. White and
Co. 6s.)—Wo can easily imagine that this novel is not for every one. There is not even the hint of a "problem" about it. It is a straightforward, absolutely wholesome story of love and adven- ture. And neither the love nor the adventure is in any way commonplace. In the study of Muriel Gascoyne the fine thing is the quite natural enlargement of a limited character by a great affection. Jacinto. Brown is a more finished and more original picture,—a real addition to the gallery of fiction. As to the adventure, we cannot vouch for the truthfulness—other occupa- tions have prevented us from salving castaway steamers in West African mangrove swamps—but it certainly seems very real. The episode of the bull-fight, and the little touches of Spanish life and character, are admirable. We can recommend His Lady's Pleasure without reserve.
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