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Cock-a-doodle. By C. E. Lawrence. (duckworth. 7s. 6d....

and the lower middle classes mingle ? As Mr. C. E. Lawrence presents his story it is amusing but extraordinarily unconvincing. It is impossible to suppose that even the weakest......

These Frantic Years. By James Warner 13ellah (d. Appleton...

Co. 7s. 6d. net.)--The pages of Mr. James Warner Belittles novel are as frantically crowded with events and emotions as are the years of youth. English readers will find the......

Mother Knows Best, And Other Stories. By Edna Ferber....

7s. 6d.)—Terse, vigorous, ironical, and humorous, yet permeated by sincerity and keen imaginative sympathy, these tales—which, strictly speaking, are " sketches " rather than......

. Experienced Language Masters -who Use The Direct Method...

find it worth while to inspect German Free Composition, by Mr. A. M. Hayes (Dent, 2s. fld.). The League of Nations and kindred topics are included in the subject-matter of the......

The Black Pawn. By Bruce Norman. (arrowsmith. 76. 6d....

most excellent thriller in which secret societies and the politics of one of those little republics in the Balkans which are invented for the benefit of novelists arc admirably......

Fiction

" Poor Young People " The Season Made for Joy. By Barbara Blackburn. (Seeker. 7s. 6d.) • People Round the Corner. By Thyra Samter Winslow. (Knopf. 7s. 6d.) I APOLOGIZE for......