23 MAY 1925, Page 20

The Dark Gods. By Lady Dorothy Mills. (Duckworth 7s. 6c1.

net.)—The sinister attraction which Africa exercises . over certain white people is the theme of Lady Dorothy., Mills' new story. The victim in this 'case is a young English woman who comes'out to join her husband in a solitary com-' mercial post in West Africa. The desperate loneliness and dullness of Anne Legrand's life are well described, as are also the horrible consequences of her seeking distraction among,, the women of the village of N'Yoru. The book ends with' an exciting rescue by French Tirailleurs of the inhabitants' of the tiny white settlement which is threatened with annihil-' ation in a widespread -native rising. --- - .