23 DECEMBER 1922, Page 28

CHANGE PARTNERS. By Horace Annesley Vachell. (Hutchinson. 7s. 6d. net.)—This

astonishingly old-fashioned novel reads as though it must have been produced not later than the penultimate decade of the last century. It concerns two wives who are so indignant at their husbands taking a tour abroad together without first informing them that they start in pursuit. A comedy of intrigue follows, in which each of the unconscious husbands makes friends with his friend's wife. The scene of the book is laid in Brittany, and those who like this type of story will no doubt enjoy it. It seems, however, hardly worthy of the pen of Mr. H. A. Vachell.