6 OCTOBER 1928, Page 45

GALLIMAUFRY. By H. R. Wakefield. (Philip Allan. 7s. tid.)-This is

a deliberately nonsensical story. The adven- tures in London Society of a young musical genius from Warrington, who has just been left a fortune and has never been in the Metropolis before, offer Mr. Wakefield the oppor- tunity of satirizing extravagantly the foibles and follies of our day. Sometimes his shafts are aimed with deadly enough precision ; but at other times the fun is strained, thin, and a little cheap.