6 NOVEMBER 1926, Page 47

PHARISEES AND PUBLICANS. By E. F. Benson. (Hutchinson. 7s. 6d.

net.)—Some much exaggerated but entertaining characters in this lively novel remind one that many who lead saintly lives are stumbling-blocks to the less godly, but more likeable, members of humanity. A touching love-story between an unhappily married man and a still more tragically .married women is woven through this diverting attack on the narrowly religious.