6 OCTOBER 1923, Page 23

SMITH, V.C., GENTLEMAN RIDER. By Edgar Jepson. (Herbert Jenkins. 78.

(id.) Two women are equally in love with " Smithy," and no wonder, for " the Gentleman Rider " has real charm. He could be happy with either—and finds himself " in a devil of a hole." The author leaves the reader to find a way out.