24 FEBRUARY 1933, Page 26

Twos AND THREES. By Barbara Wootton. (Howe. 7s. 6d.)—Miss WoottOn's

twos and threes are, so to speak, pairs and triangles, in the accepted fiction sense of the words. Her stories, ordinary enough for several pages, have here and there a sudden freshness and first-hand observation whiA make them well worth reading.