Fiction
Gods and Men MR. ARMSTRONG'S new novel achieves its cloudy-bright solidity by vibration and reminiscence. As in Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway the climax of the day that gives......
The Promised Land. By Sir Gilbert Parker. (cassell. 7s....
Gilbert Parker 'has retold, in fictional form, the Old Testament story - of David. He has obviously studied thoroughly both the period and the scene of David's exploits, and it......
The Love Nest. By Ring Lardner. (philip Allan. 7s. 6d.)—the
late Ring Lardner won great popularity in the United States, where he would seem to rank almost with 0. Henry. English readers may not find the liberties which he takes with the......
The Broken Cup. By E. 0. Browne. (hodder And Stoughton.
7s. 6d.)—This is a romance, charming rather than thrilling, of England under the Norman Conquest. The central figure is Edgar, heii of the old English Kings, whose far-seeing......
The Judas Tree. By Ahney St. John Adcock._ (hodder And
Stoughton. 7s. 6d.)—Miss Adcock, in her series of Buckinghamshire novels, may be modelling herself a little too closely, both in matter and manner, upon Thomas Hardy. Yet she......
Joshua's Vision. By William J. Locke. (godley Head....
is characteristically colourful in this story of a self-made boot manufacturer of Puritanical ancfmtry and scrupulous honesty. During the War, Joshua Fendick grows rich against......
General Knowledge Questions
Questions on the Old Testament Ova weekly , prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to Mr. Michael Mills, Rock, Durlston, Swanage, for......