27 MARCH 1926, Page 41

The Last Day. By Beatrice Kean Seymour. (Chapman and Hall.

7s. 6d. net)-This is a clever and mordant analysis of the character of a complete egotist. Hermione Graham, the central figure, would be, were she not so self-occupied, a contented young married woman. As it is, she not only likes a tail of adorers constantly following her, but on the opening of the day described in the novel is trying to make up her mind to elope. The only tolerable person in the story is the unfortunate Robert Graham, Hermione's husband. Mrs. Kean Seymour writes with distinction, but her subject is unattractive.