The Poet and Penelope. By L. Parry Truscott. (T. Fisher
Unwin, 6s.)—The reader, especially if he or she is a connoisseur of fiction, must be warned to persevere against the adverse experi- ence which will probably be encountered in the first few chapters. Mr. Triuidott might seem to be attempting a "non-incident" novel without a sufficient literary equipment. But' things improve. There is nothing that can be called a plot, and no surprise is attempted ; still there is something like a story ; the "Poet" is less of a bore than he at one time _promised to be ; other characters, notably Lord Colbeck, begin to interest us ; and so when we are permitted to see at last 'a general shaking down of everybody into the places where they would be, we feel that we have fared better than we expected. In any case, Mr. Truscott writes as a man of taste and culture should write.
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