19 MARCH 1932, Page 28

New Novels

THE FRENCH HUSBAND. By. Kathleen Coyle.. (Pharos. 7s. 6d.)—The French husband was a problem for his American wife Jane, who won him and nearly lost him'' again through an irate mistress and her own father's death. Miss Coyle feels the dignity of tradition, and writes with wit and polish, but her characters remain curiously remote.