19 MARCH 1932, Page 28

RISING WATERS. Ity. Herinan De Man. (Bodley Head. 7s. - 6d.) , —Life

at Flood Farm was lxtund- by tradition : and Gielyan, accepting the inevitable, rose to be Count of the Dykes and helped to save Holland from a disastrous flood. Gielyan's worries are dull, but his home and the country people are drawn with the delicate clarity of the Dutch Masters.