Fiction
The Test That Failed • • • FEW writers of any consequence " says Mr. Maugham, in a foreword to First Person Singular, " have been devoid of a certain streak of vulgarity." When......
The Running Footman. Byjohn Owen. (gollancz.7s. 6d.) —mr....
sentiments - are greatly to his credit as a man, but their lush expression in this tale of the eighteenth century does poor service to his reputation as an artist. A fine talent......
New Novels
RESULTS. OF AN ACCIDENT. By Vicki Baum.: (Geoffrey Bles. 7s. 6d.)—The motor accident that brought a millionaire, a film actress, and a boxer under the care of the idealistic Dr.......
The Potter's Wheel. By F. C. Williams. (henry Hartley. 7s.
6d.)—A death-ray and a maniac play important parts in a mystery story which has a lo ve interest. The tale is exciting but the dialogue is stilted. (Continued on page 472.1......
Mr. Ciggers Goes To Heaven. By Douglas Massie. (sampson Low.
7s. 6d.)—Mr. Massie makes an amusing satire out of the progress and adventures of a respectable clerk in a delightfully unorthodox Heaven. Dull passages and a tendency to......
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