5 DECEMBER 1925, Page 47

The Things which Belong. By Constance Holmes. (Mills and Boon,

Ltd. Os. net.)—The simple and dignified story of a head gardener who, because of his wife's insistence, considers resigning his post and emigrating . to Canada, where their married children live. His wife has always wished to get away, but it is only now they are old that the gardener feels it his duty to content her by leaving the soil he has tended so long. The situation between the old pair and the man's mute passion for his garden are delicately and well indicated ; and the solution of the problem is satisfying.