25 NOVEMBER 1932, Page 30

THE ROVING E. ' By •Humphrey Pakington. (Chatto and .

Windus. 7s. .6d..). A humorous novel that. is really funny. James of the roving eye lands himself with the wrong firineee; and. while •his affairs are being -tangled and sorted out, Church, county, Kensington, Chelsea, and the Navy come in for good-huinoured satire. -