The Young And Secret. By Alice Grant Rosman. (mills And
Boon).—Miss Rosman's latest novel has all the qualities of a magazine story. A nice young man and a nice young girl meet over a dog-fight in Kensington Gardens. He is a sculptor......
Fiction
Satire, Saga and Sophistication They Die Young. By John Sommerfieid. (Heinemann. 7s. 6d.) AFTER putting down his latest book of short stories one is inclined to look upon Mr.......
The Man Who Made Gold. By Hilaire Bane. With Drawings
by G. K. Chesterton. (Arrowsmith. 7s. 6d.) —Mr. Belloc's new story starts very well. Charles Lexington, professor of electro-chemistry, is shown how to make gold by a mysterious......
Brother To Bert. By Charlotte Haldane. (('hatto And...
6d.)—Publishers' summaries on book. jackets are not always happy, but the paragraph presumably intended to recommend Brother to Bert must be one of the unhappiest on record. In......
Lacebury Manor. By Robert Gathorne-hardy. (collins. 7s....
begins well. One settles down to it with the feeling that one is about to enter into a good, old-fashioned family life, that one will recall such sentiments as were stirred by a......
The Lion Took Fright. By Louis Marlow. (mun- Danus. 3s.)—mr.
Marlow's latest book gives him good oppor- tunity for showing off his peculiar technique. He writes obliquely and in such a series of hints and whispers that, as we read, we......
Elfwin. By S. Fowler Wright. (herren. 7s. 6d4— All Who
like tales of high romance and valour will enjoy Mr. Fowler Wright's latest book when once they have made the acquaintance of its innumerable characters. The first chapter is......
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