3 FEBRUARY 1923, Page 23

THE REALLY ROMANTIC AGE. By L. Allen Harker. (Murray. 7s.

6d. net.)—When a spinster lady of forty adopts an infant at the request of his dying mother there is sure to be trouble. Parents will smile at the heroine's experiences with little Joe, as described with quiet humour in this pleasant and sentimental story. Whether middle age is the really -romantic age, as the author thinks, is not a question to be answered dogmatically. It all depends on the individual. We know some young people who are as romantic and as unpractical as the author could desire.