6 NOVEMBER 1926, Page 47

THE KAYS. By Margaret Deland. (Cape. 7s. 6d. net.)— Another

of Mrs. Deland's rather gentle stories of Old Chester, New England. Its hero, Arthur Kay, though inheriting his father's gallantry, is taught by his mother to love his enemies and regard fighting as criminal. During the Civil War he suffers many hardships as a " conscientious objector," and the events related are interwoven with a pretty love-story.