24 FEBRUARY 1923, Page 22

AN ODD MAN'S MARRYING. By Oxford Somerset. (Bale and Danielsson.

7s. 6d. net.)—" Was I the kind of man," says Mr. Postlethwaite, the hero of this book, " out of whom could be made what could properly be called a partner ? . . . I had long doubted it." The reader doubts it, too. " The sight of twenty or thirty girls gave my mind direction. Why not look for what I wanted among these ? " The book is an account of his search for a woman who should be worthy of him. It was unnecessary to heighten the interest with hidden gold. Mr. Postlethwaite is sufficient in himself.