HAROUN OF LONDON'. By Katherine Tynan. (Collins. s. 6d.)—In this
nimble and pleasant fantasy Mrs. Tynan s her fancy play around an idea with which many, of her ders will themselves have toyed. Supposing one had lenty of money and time, would it not be jolly to go about, quietly as possible, conferring benefits upon all sorts of eedy people ? When Mr. Pratt, the retired Deptford ierchant—better known as " Haroun of London "—buys Hertfordshire manor house, he scandalizes the village by fusing subscriptions to the Church and the Hunt. Not 11 after his death is he identified as the " eccentric " and gendary " Mr. Smith " who, through an agent, has brought ancial aid at the right moment to scores of deserving en and women, and has thus saved them from disaster
d despair. Mrs. Tynan has here found a theme perfectly ited to her characteristic gifts of humour and sympathy. e has written what is, unfortunately, a fairy tale. But is a fairy tale of the right kind.
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