4 MAY 1929, Page 34

THE VAGRANT LOVER. By Donald Sinderby. (Jenkins. 7s. 6d.)—Mr. Sinderby,

who made a promising start as a novelist of Indian adventure, must beware of working his vein , of humour too thin. His new story describes a pilgrimage through Kent undertaken by William Cottersharn, M.C.—the "Dogsbody " already familiar to Mr. Sinderby's readers— and his brother John. It is William's aim to escape for a while if possible—which it proves not to be—from his Amazonian mother-in-law ; while John's purpose in going on tramp is to flee from himself and his too easy susceptibility to feminine wiles. The record of their adventures is conceived in a spirit of broad farce. It is readable, but only just succeeds in holding the attention. Mr. Sinderby seems to be yielding to the temptation to over-write.