Anne Kempburn, Truthseeker. By Marguerite Bryant. (W. Heinemann. 6s.)—The "truth"
which the heroine seeks is con- cerned with social matters. In the search she takes a position as assistant-secretary with a certain Paul Arrington, a quite definitely outlined personality, fond of work and still more fond of power, but not easily to be placed as to political or social convictions. Mr. Arrington passes her on, for reasons that he has, to a certain Joseph Watt, Labour leader. Here we have no difficulty in seeing where we are. This is, to our mind, by far the best part of the book. The man is intense and narrow ; his sister Flossie, who has a post of some importance, is—well, not precisely an argument for female suffrage. The story is, as might be guessed, not wholly concerned with truth-seeking. Anne has a sister, Naomi, a famous singer, and Paul Arrington has had a part in her past ; she was also, as has been said, assistant-secretary; and there is the chief to be accounted for. As a story pure and simple, Anne Kempburn is not particularly good; but it is the work of one who thinks deeply and observes keenly, and it is admirably written.
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