19 DECEMBER 1925, Page 32

Jones in Paris. By Ward Muir. (Bodley Head. 7s. 6d.

net.)—A light novel about a rather Arnold' Bennett-like young provincial in Paris. He meets temptation, and after the temptress and her setting have been described in detail the hero escapes untouched, but with a new wisdom that makes him a successful beau back in England.