10 MARCH 1933, Page 26

PURPLE PATCHES. By Richard Starr. (Jenkins. 7s. 6d.) —A highly

romantic romance about the three girls who loved Bill Bradley. Gladys was a queen—tall, dark— wonderful. Pinkie was pretty enough to eat. Suzanne's Voice was like soft 'cello music, with a sort of sob in it. Light-hearted literature, with a prodigious amount of osculation.