20 NOVEMBER 1926, Page 39
This Week's Books
ARNOLD BENNErr writes a preface to the entertaining 'es of articles which " Quex " of the Evening News has blished under the title of London Town (Partridge. 7s. 6d.).
. Nichols is alsiays very human and entertaining ; he tells how the Prince of Wales' waistcoat is cut, how the old
men who sleep in Trafalgar Square through summer nights p warm, and that Uncle Bill Newman (who likes his beer 'lar) is the strongest man in Billingsgate fish market.
e could quote endless good stories ; instead, we offer a 1 .
suggestion : next time " Quex " is in a theatre box- ce, let him tell us how they " dress the house "—it is art.