3 MARCH 1923, Page 20

Merton of the Movies. By Harry Leon Wilson. (John Lane.

7s. 6d. net.) Merton Gill worked in Amos Cashwiler's emporium in Simsbury, Illinois. At night he worked even harder on his correspondence courses in cinema acting. But he was as un- sophisticated as the draper's dummies with which he prac- tised. What befell him later on among the studios in Holly- wood is a very amusing tale. It is, of course, very well and cleverly told by the author of Bunker Bean, the creator of that admirable if amazing woman " Ma Pettingill."