'a Pretty Predicament For The Has Been Done Before And
will be done again, but seldom better than by Mr. Beresfordrs practised pen.......
Prologue To Freedom. By Michael Romain. (nash And...
6d.)-A clever first novel of the shabby smart set. Wit coruscates on every page ; so much so that 'the half-witted hero is a welcome relief, 'and becomes almost lovable.......
Milord And I. By Anthony Richardson. (john Lane. 7s. 6d.)-a
stable boy whose refined impulses suggest a mystery, wins the hand of Milord's niece. A pleasant, rather colourless romance. " Jeffery Farnol " without the costume, and less......
The Imitation Man. By John Hargrave. (gollanez. 7s....
uncertain whether the life story of this passionless laboratory-made man is intended as a satire on our mechanical age or is an exercise in highly original ingenuity.......
Dream, Or The Simian Maid. By S. Fowler Wright. (harrap.
7s. 6d.)-Its pedigree is by-The Time Machine out of Blue Lagoon. Two modern lovers, transformed by a magician (the Wellsian scientist is now dertiode), woo one another as......
One Can, Of Course-mr. Chesterton Has Told Us So-go To
Birmingham by way of Beachy Head, but it is not the ordinary route. Nor in these days of expeditious travel is it customary to make a journey to China by way of Transylvania,......
" I Have A Theory That However Much You Rebuilt
it, you can never eradicate from any part of London the influence of its past associations." The words occur in St. John Adcock's posthumous London Memories (Hodder and......
Heyday. By Anthony Gibbs. (hutchinson. 7s. 6d.)- Mr....
- novel has all the recognized ingredients of the high-class magaZine ronianee-the stage, the War, cocktails, fond parent, part Miss, and gallant aviator.......
Number Fifteen. By David Whitelaw. (nash And Grayson. 7s....
Glyn becomes involved in a mystery in the attempt to pay her brother's debts, and extricates herself by pluck and general attractive- ness. A simple story simply told.......
Saul. _pepys, _listener By Il M. Freeman. (hutchinson....
amusing diary of an up-to- date, radio-struck Pepys offers sonic good entertainment to those of its readers who do not shudder at the sacrilege.......
Two Families. By Archibald Marshall. (collins. 7s. 6d.)...
family went up, the other down, till after fifty-five years they had changed positions. A full and absorbing story.......
Letty Lynton. By Mrs. Bellew Lowndes. (heinemann. 7s....
an exciting murder story, more than a subtle portrait, this book shows Mrs. Bellow Lowndes' unusual powers at their fullest and happiest extent. A really excellent novel.......
The Shorn Lamb. By William .t. Locke. (the Bodley Head.
7s. 6d.)-All the qualities which won Locke his immense following are here : the ease of manner, the human sympathy, the humour, and the very personal blend of daily life with......
The Dogs. By Ivan Nazhivin. (allen And Unwin. 7s. 6d.)-
' The story of the Russian Revolution seen through the eyes of dogs. A brave but ultimately wearisome attempt at a canine tour de force which looks to lose much in translation.......
Certainly A Sadist And Probably Afflicted With Religious...
well, Gilles de Retz or Rais, who was a comrade-hi arms of Jeanne D'Are's, was hanged and burned at Nantes in 1440 for the alleged murder of some 140 children who fell victims......
Another Man's Poison. By Nerina Shute. (grant Richards....
futile story of domestic crises at home and in boy-crazy " Hollywood ends senti- mentally in a Bloomsbury fiat. It is not everyone's meat.......
New Novels
RAGGED BANNERS. By Ethel Mannin. (Jarrolds. 7s. 6d.) -Miss Mannin forces her voice to so unnatural a pitch that she has only herself to blame if the rags of her story are more......
At The Back 0' Beyond. By Richard Remnant.
• (Chambers. 7s. 6d.)-Tired of sitting " soberly but exquisitely dressed ' in a Piccadilly flat, Captain Reginald Rymington swears a manly oath, quotes Kipling and goes off.to......
August. By Pansy Pakenham. (duckworth. 7s. 6d.) -a Brief But
searching Odyssey among the intelligent- sia, enlivened by easy, terse, and natural dialogue.......
Dwarfs Blood. By Edith Olivier. (faber And Faber. 7s....
novel of unusual distinction on an unusual , theme which it would be unfair to divulge. A delicate tragedy of heredity and temperament.......
Some Books Of The Week
Tan very great soldier and administrator, who is known as Constantine the Great, was as- treacherous and as void of scruple as any of his contemporaries or predecessors. But he......
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