1 AUGUST 1914, Page 22

The Crowning Glory. By E. R. Punshon. (Hodder and Stoughton.

6s.)—Far the best part of this story is the account of the business career of the heroine, Sophia Ree, and it is impossible not to feel a little sorry when matrimony over- takes her and her serious career is at an end. Although marriage is usually a woman's happiest lot, it is more than doubtful whether this was so in the case of Sophia Ree. The account of the mystical twin-sister Judith and her bees is not quite so cleverly done, though her quiet country life is well contrasted with Sophia's ambitions.