3 JULY 1926, Page 31

UNDER THE CHERRY TREE. By Peter Traill. (Faber and Gwyer.

7s. 6d. net)-This delightful title is taken from a Japanese proverb, "In the market-place there is money ; but under the cherry tree there is rest and peace." Mr. Peter Traill describes in this Elysium a young dilettante and four charmingly superficial ladies of fashion who drift through life discussing trivialities with some degree of wit. Mr. Aubrey Hammond's illustrations are humorous and decorative. There is an Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley touch about the book ; it is slight but entertaining.