24 OCTOBER 1931, page 38

New Novels

CAT AND FIDDLE. By Nancy Morison. (Sampson Low. 7s. fid.). An undistinguished but well managed tale about two Chelsea artists, written in the shadow of " The Constant Nymph."......

Fiction

Underdogs THERE is no common denominator that will reconcile these four books. A gulf separates the spark of genius in M. Istrati from the absence of it in the other three books......

This Our Exile. By David Burnham. (peter Davies 7s....

veiled autobiography done in the laborious American manner, chiefly concerned with the effects of illness and death on a Chicago family. Well - observed and good stuff in it.......

Crimes !

Club. 7s. 6d.) The Dope Ring. By John Hill. (Methuen. 3s. 6d.) FAR from being on the wane, the craze for detective stories seems to be attracting writers from other fields at......