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Man Disposes. By Felix Holloender. (faber And Gwyer. 7s....

and theatrical, this book of the film Vaudeville catches something of the simple magic of the old German fairy tales. Stephen Huller is the son of famous Berlin acrobats. His......

Fiction

The Gypsy. By W. B. Tritos. (Gollancz. 5s.) Tim brief novel called The Gypsy was first issued at Nice two years ago. Critics who then read the story have expressed fervent......

Old Pybus. By Warwick Deeping. (cassell. 75. 6d.) -old Pybus

is a little too good to be true. But many readers may be the happier on that account to meet him. He is the " Boots " of a Berkshire country hotel, and there is a Dicken- sian......

Nero: - By Desider Kostolanyi. (gollancz. 6d.)-...

to spend their spare time inscribing eulogies on each other, eulogies afterwards described by publishers as "tremendous." Thomas Mann advises us to find in this historical novel......

Neame Of Kent. By Frank Dilnot. (brentano's. 7s....

like a good " yarn " with an historical setting, but who are not too meticulous in their desire for historical accuracy will thoroughly enjoy this novel. Not but what Mr. Dilnot......

Mr. Am.b - Erthwaite. By Le - Ws Marlow. - (gollancz. S....

an amusing - piece of cynicism, not without some plangent vibrations of melancholy. . Mr. Amberthwaite, in his horrornf the Mass f•ii - ifiiilciiid, - cleSires'asave - a......

Leave Me With A Smile. By Elliott White Springs. (heinemann.

7's. 6(14-As a study in- nervous exasperation, this novel is not always pleasant ; but it is original and clever. Henry Winton, a young American airman, returns from......

A Library List

BIOGRAPHY :-The Life of Lord Curzon. By The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Ronaldshay. Vol. 3. (Benn. 21s.)-A Diplo- matist in the East. By the Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur Harclinge. (Cape. 16s.)......