28 FEBRUARY 1931, Page 31

Some Books of the Week

DURING the past month the books most in demand at The Times Book Club have been :— Nox-Ficriori : Things I Remember, by Marie, Grand Duchess of Russia ; If — It had Happened Otherwise, Collective • The Science of Life, by H. G. Wells, G. P. Wells, and J. Huxley; Africa View, by Julian Huxley ; Detective Days, by F. P. Wensley • Ex-Jesuit, by E. Boyd Barrett ; A Journey to China, by Arnold J. Toynbee ; The Sea Raiders, by E. Keble Chatterton.

FicTrox : The Winding Lane, by Sir Philip Gibbs ; The Shorn Lamb, by William J. Locke; Morning Tide, by Neil M. Gums ; High Table, by Joanna eannan ; Two Families, by Archibald Marshall ; Simpson, A Life, by Edward Sackville West ; Poor Caroline, by Winifred Holtby ; Three Pairs of Silk Stockings, by Panteleinon Romanof.