31 DECEMBER 1927, Page 17

Some Books of the Week

Dtrarsto the past month the books most in demand at The Times Book Club have been • FzerzoN ;—The- Ugly Duchess, by Leon Feuchtwanger ; The Bridge of San Luis Rey, by T. Wilder ; Hanging Johnny, by Myrtle Johnston ; Wild Grapes, by Phyllis Bottome ; Sirocco, by Rosita Forbes ; And Then, by Elinor Mordaunt ; There is No Return, by Elizabeth Bibesco ; Death Comes to the Arch- bishop, by Willa Cather.

Nox-Fzerzois :—The Impatience of a Parson, by the Rev.

H. R. L. Sheppard ; The Greville Diary, edited by P. W. Wilson ; Nud,a Veritas, by Clare Sheridan ; Genius and Character, by Emil Ludwig ; Conquistador, by Philip Guedalla • Rhodes : A Life, by J. G. Macdonald ; .1 Escape, by Captain

tail; I. L. Hardy. * , *