15 DECEMBER 1928, page 29

Fiction.

Belinda : a Tale of Affection in Youth and Age. By Hilaire Belloc. (Constable. Os.) MR. BELT OC surely enjoyed himself thoroughly in the writing of this mannered jest, which is......

The General's Ring. By Selma Lagerliif. (the Electric...

Laurie, 3s. 6d.).—This little volume contains some chapters in the earlier history of the Liiwensfeld family, which dominates the Viirmland of the authoress's infancy, and is......

Portrait Of A Spy. By Mr. Temple Thurston. (putna M's.

7s. tid.)—This book is an adroit combination of extreme conventionality and subtlety. His heroine, Lianc Sonrell (a cabaret performer, and the mistress of an English- man, a......

The. Shattered Harp. By Howard Gordon-page. (rivers. 7s....

one, famous historical figures are being chosen as heroes for fiction. It is now Lord Byron's turn. Byron's life is certainly rich enough in the elements of romance and tragedy.......

The Ladder Of Folly. By Muriel Hine. (bodley Head. 7s.

6d.)—The pace of this novel is sometimes slow, and the plot is a little obvious. But Miss Hine's admirers will enjoy once again her natural descriptions of characters and......

The Colombo Baby. By Peter Kinsey. (roberts. 7s. 6d.)—the...

of Mr. Peter Kinsey's novel creaks a little ; it is rather obtrusive. Too many people whose lives are connected with each other meet by coincidence. A baby, who is shipwrecked......

Saddle And Steel. By Lord Dunalley, D.s.o. (jarrolds. 7s....

and war—particularly the former as the only effective training for the latter—are the themes of these short stories. Lord Dunalley deprecates our present " softness," and looks......