19 MARCH 1927, Page 47

THERE AND BACK AGAIN. By Mary Crosbie. (Philip Marl. 7s.

6d.)—Miss Crosbie's new novel will please readers 1_1'110 prefer a subtle analysis of emotion to a straightforward narrative. It is a study of the temperamental reactions tween a mother and a daughter. It is perhaps overcharged ilh cleverness, and slow in getting into its stride, but, once under way, moves absorbingly to its tragic climax.