15 NOVEMBER 1902, Page 7

The Pot - Hunters. By P. G. Wodehouse. (A. and C. Black.

3s. 6d.) -A school-story this, and a good one. The most puzzling thing that ever comes to pass in a school is theft. It cannot be regarded from the ordinary point of view ; that is, according to the proba- bility which is our guide in common life. In this case it is in- geniously complicated. One of the boys does break into the place where the stolen articles are kept, but for a very different, and to a certain extent a legitimate, reason, for he wants to recover some notes of which he has urgent need. The tale is cleverly contrived, and told with spirit, while the dialogue is excellent.