11 DECEMBER 1926, Page 30

MY LIFE AND TIMES. By Jerome K. Jerome. (Hodder and

Stoughton. 16s.).-A kindly memory of Three Men in a Boat, to say nothing of The Third Floor Back, will procure a welcome for Mr. Jerome's amusing autobiography. His times extend from 1859 to the present day, and his varied life as a humorist, dramatist, editor and author brought him in contact with very many interesting people, of whom he has much that is pleasant and true and funny to say. Mr. Jerome places Mr. Eden Philpotts as second only to Thomas Hardy among the greatest living English novelists, and "Hardy has not his humour "-fancy that ! This is a very radable book.