30 MAY 1931, Page 30

MY HUSBAND SIMON. By Mollie Panter-Downes. (Collins, 7s. 6d.)—Misunderstood by

a Philistine husband what should -a young writer do when offered a contract and the " protection " of her American publisher ? Miss Panter-Downes slickly and shrewdly reports but hesitates over the answer.