19 NOVEMBER 1927, Page 30

WILD OATS MEADOW. By Myfanwy Pryce. (Faber and Gwyer. 7s.

6d.)—Miss Pryce writes with such com- plete understanding of the point of view of present-day youth that the reader will come to the conclusion that she herself is well under forty. Her book, besides being an admirable entertainment, will be useful in two ways, one as a guide to " those. Victorians "—an expression used by a cook to the present writer recently, in speaking of old- fashioned domestic arrangements—and the other as inter- preting the point of view of " those Victorians " to the younger generation. Whether the change of standpoint is good or bad will be for the reader to determine. There is no doubt, however, of Miss Pryce's point of view.