Old Seed on New Ground. By James Adderley. (Putnam's. 72.
6d. net.)—Old Seed on New Ground is an attractive little book of satire. Mr. Adderley is, of course, a clergyman who has had considerable experience of a poor town parish. The book is a very amusing one, and is illustrated by some almost brutally trenchant cartoons. Its satire is chiefly directed towards the vices of the rich, and it occasionally gets home a very nasty blow. We feel, however, that for the most part the satire is kindly and that the Stultous family, tha inhabitants of Smugborough, and even Sir John Dyvese, senior partner of Dyveae, Mundus, Mammon, and Sons, would have found many of their worst misdeeds condoned but for their entire lack of a sense of humour. We congratulate Mr. Adderley on his name for " now rich " architecture, " early alcoholic." An entertaining little book ; and if we think in this twentieth century there is no need for it, that the rich have learnt their lessons, we deceive ourselves.
Previous page
