This Week's Books
llVsiNG the past month the books most in demand at the " Times " Book Club have been :
FicTiort : Daphne Adeane, by Maurice Baring ; Lord Raingo, by Arnold Bennett ; An Introduction to Sally, by the author of Elizabeth and Her German Garden; Harmer John, by Hugh Walpole ; Young Anarchy, by Sir Philip Gibbs ; The Crewe Train, by Rose Macaulay. Less recent novels that are still being widely read are :—The Silver Spoon, by John Galsworthy (this book has had the greatest success of this or perhaps any other season in recent years) ; The Old Bridge, by W. J. Locke ; Debits and Credits, by Rudyard Kipling ; The World of William Clissold, by H. G. Wells.
Nox-FICTION.—The most popular book at the moment is Kaiser Wilhelm II., by Ludwig. Other works in demand are : Leaves from a Viceroy's Notebook, by Lord Curzon ; Soldiers and Statesmen, by Sir William Robertson ; George IV., by Shane Leslie. Less recent books still being asked for are : Famous Trials, by the Earl of Birkenhead ; Fallodon Papers, by Viscount Grey ; England, by Dean Inge.
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