7 JULY 1928, Page 35

HIS ELIZABETH. By Elswyth Thane. (Murray. Os.) —Tommy Chandler is

a young poet. He is the son of a Bishop, but is descended on his mother's side from the French troubadours. Visiting Paris, he falls in love with a girl whom he mistakes for Elizabeth, the playmate of his childhood in Dorking, and the girl, losing her heart to him at first sight, allows him to be deceived. But she tells him the truth at last, and Tommy, having been infatuated with a dream, parts from her m anger. He marries her in the end, of course ; but it is a"twisting path, full of surprises, that leads hint to happiness. The story is an idyllic comedy, written with delicate charm and humour. It has many ingenious Situations and some lovable, if slightly sentimentalized, characters.