2 OCTOBER 1926, Page 30

* * * * There is a vein of jollity

all through Mr. Leslie Henson's My Laugh Story (Hodder and Stoughton, 10s. 6d.) which will be appreciated by his many admirers and as was to be expected from the author there is not an unldnd word from cover to cover. One of the best stories is of the late Maurice Farkoa singing "I Love You, My Cherie" during a ship's concert in a storm, clinging to a marble pillar.