INTRODUCTION TO SALLY. By the Author of Eliza- beth and
her German Garden. (Macmillan. 7s. 6d. net.)— Beauty such as the Greeks would have held could only be obtained by a touch from Aphrodite's girdle is the foundation of " Elizabeth's " new novel, beauty of body governed by a brain of very common order. " Elizabeth, however, has allowed her pen to run away with her a little, and the situations which result from the beautiful Sally's exquisite form and by no means exquisite mind are treated rather as farce than as comedy. The effects are broad, and to tell the truth, a little coarse ; but there is no denying that the story is extremely diverting, though readers who appreciated the delicate irony of " Elizabeth's " early books will regret that she has succumbed to the temptation of employing more obvious methods.
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