7 MARCH 1925, Page 27

OTHER NOVELS

Diffidence. By John Eyton. (Arrowsmith. 7s. 6d. net.) —Readers •of Expeetaney will know too well what sort of fate awaits James Vane, the hero •of the -former work, when he insists on marrying his cousin Joan and keeping her in a fruit garden in India, notwithstanding the fact that .she has already proved her detestation of .that kind of .life. As .a second volume to Expectancy the book is distinctly disap- pointing, though Mr. Eyton's strong suit, his knowledge of India, is .still -in -evidence. The reader •will, however, -be so impatient with the extraordinary lolly of the principal character that he will hardly have a free mind to enjoy the author's -delightful description of the jungle and the Himalayas.