Fiction
THE OLD BRIDGE. By William J. Locke. (The Bodley Head. 7s. 6d.)—Perella Annaway, the daughter of an irresponsible Olympian of Fleet Street, supplemented her meagre allowance by......
Christie's, 1766-1925. By H. C. Marillier. (constable. £2...
a wholly charming and delightful volume, telling the story of the great auction rooms from the days of James Christie the first, the Specious Orator," whom we see excellently......
The Note-books Of Samuel . Butler.. . Shrews- Bury...
Henry Festing Jones and A. T. Bartholomew. Vol. 20. (Jonathan Cape. £21 the set.) —Samuel Butler could not have desired a more attractive or better edited set of his, works than......
Current Literature
A HANDBOOK OF FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS FOR GARDENERS. By R. C. Norcurr. (Hopkinson & Co. 12s. 6d.)—Flowering shrubs are now a separate and most popular department of......
The Magazines
Tan Nineteenth Century opens with an article on War Debt s by Mr. A. Wyatt Tilby, entitled " America Quixote or Shylock ? " For America the writer argues " it was impos- sible......
Far End. By May Sinclair. (hutchinson. 7s. 6d. Net.) —novels
about novelists are often disappointing. If we are given samples of their works we feel that they are not so good as the book makes out. The author has not whole-heartcdly......
• 'scutcheon Farm. By Mrs. J. 0. Arnold. (nelson. 7s.
6d. net.)--A gentle tale of devotion and suffering, set in the Lake District' The heroine, a woman of exceptional firmness of character, is at once a victim of an unhappy marr......
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