23 APRIL 1927, Page 26

SEED-PODS. By Mrs. Henry Dudeney. (Collins. 7s. 6d.) —Lisette runs

away from a convent and joins a theatrical touring party, playirq Seed-Pods. An actor, who reappears later in the book, falls m love with her. But Lisette's ambition is for money, social respectability, and a settled family life. These she later gains as wife of the mayor of a Sussex town. The plot counts for little in this story, but Mrs. Dudeney excels in intimate analysis of character, faithful descriptions of life, awl -.ivacious dialogue.