4 DECEMBER 1909, Page 9

Dick Trawle. By W. C. Metcalfe. (S.P.C.K. 3s. 6d.)—This is

not a very artistic piece of work. A self-made man might be as overbearing as Mr. Nalder, but he would hardly be simple enough fo take the swindling Guy Pember at his own valuation. Other details in the story seem incongruous, and some of the incidents are fairly worn out by long usage.