THE HIGH FORFEIT. By Basil King. (I-Iodder and Stoughton. 7s.
6d. net.)—A very interesting American book dealing with the misalliance between the daughter of the millionaire president of a bank and one of his clerks. The psychology of George Pevensey's determination that his wife shall accept his own circumstances or end their marriage is most ably analysed. More than this, there is an extremely fine and moving scene at the end 'when Theo's father, Mr. Blent, dies without signing the disinheriting codicil to his will. The Blent family grudgingly express their willingness to recognize Gecirge:PeVensey, who, it is implied, is welcome to live upon his wife's money. He, however, will have none of this. The '•struggle with the Blent family and George's and Theo's reactions are described in a scene sufficiently dramatic to lift the novel far above the level of contemporary &tick).
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