17 FEBRUARY 1933, Page 28

A Yotraic GENTLEMAN IN POLAND. By Alexander Lernet- IIolenia. (Duckworth.

7s. 6d.)—A fugitive second lieutenant makes a very pretty ladies' maid, flirts with the men, seduces the daughters of the house, and is finally credited with a great Austrian victory he knows nothing about. This may all be a tremendous joke, but we failed to see it.