17 SEPTEMBER 1932, Page 24

'THE THREE GENTLEMEN. By A. E. W. Mason. (Hodder and

Stoughton. 7s. 6d.)—Reincarnation is Mr. Mason', theme, and it enables him to tell three cleverly contrasted stories and to show a nice sense of period. His gentlemen live in Roman, Elizabethan, and modern times. A step-daughter is an unusual bribe for a Cabinet Minister to offer, and sr wonder whether Adrian Shard would have accepted it (her'I.