In Court. By Fred Andreas. (bles. 7s. 6d.)—kaska The Singer
was accused of the murder of Professor Drau, an equivocal gentleman whose character was an odd blend of erudition and eroticism. The key to the situation appeared to be Jessie......
Their Father's God. By 0. E. Rolvaag. (harper. 7s. 6d.)—a
Norwegian-Irish marriage on American soil is the subject of this study in racial and religious incom- patibilities. The characters are drawn with broad, powerful strokes, which......
The Jade Of Destiny. (sampson Low. 7s. 6d.)— Master Jeffery
Farnol telleth of Captain Jocelyn Dinwiddie Lis adventures, how he wooeth the comely. No, there is only one Mr. Farnol, and we commend his latest romance to his faithful......
Letters Of Giacomo Puccini Edited By Giuseppe Adaml
The life story of Puccini is the story of the rose and the thorn. He came from a family who for five generations had been professional musicians, and accordingly compara- tively......
Matthew Arnold By C. H. Harvey
The time has come for a new estimate of the work of Matthew Arnold, and we opened Mr. C. H. Harvey's Matthew Arnold (Clarke and Co. 6s.) hoping to find the poet and critic who......
New Novels
THE KINGDOM THAT WAS. By John Lambourne. (Murray. 7s. 6d.)—This novel is a fantasy, describing how an explorer in Africa, losing not only his. way but his reason, is......
Current Literature
WATER DIVINERS AND THEIR METHODS By Henri Mager GREAT interest, as our correspondence columns recently showed, is taken in the mysterious ability of the dowser to find......
Robin And Robina. By Lesley Storm. (cassell. 7s. 6d.) —a
modern idyll of two bright young people who marry first and then set out to earn their living. The vein of light humour is distinctly pleasant ; but towards the end heavy......
Dead Man's Watch. By G. D. H. And M. Cole.
(W. Collins for The Crime Club. 7s. 6d.)—An involved and rather con- ventional story of murder, centred in the likeness between two brothers. Well written, with a welcome......
The First Lady Brendon. By Robert Hichens. (cassell. 7s....
Hichens' facile pen moves with the times_ He clings to the problem novel, but the problem is no longer moral, but scientific. Can the bad Lord Brendon, in defiance of the laws......
Detective Fiction -
BASTARD VERDICT. By Winifred Duke. (Jarrold. 7s. 6d.)--Village gossip points the finger of suspicion at • Mr. Fieldend as the probable murderer of his wife. He is tried for the......
Tragedy At Twelvetrees. By Arthur Rees. (the Bodley Head....
6d.)—A famous film actress is found shot, presumably murdered by a young man who is brought to trial but acquitted before the truth is finally disclosed. A clever piece of work,......
Murder Game. By John Stephen Strange. (w. Collins For The
Crane Club. 7s. 6d.)—An American football coach is shot during a match : no one hears the shot, and the solution of the mystery therefore presents not unnatural difficulties.......
The Sweepstake Murders. By J. J. Connington. (hodder And...
7s. 6d.)—Four members of a syndicate die mysteriously after they have jointly drawn a winning ticket in the Irish Sweepstake. Certain inci- dents point to the identity of the......
The. Messenger Of The Snows. By F. Goetel. (elkin Marrot
and Mathews. 7s. 6d.)—The Polish author of From Day to Day gives us another story, moving in its simplicity, of Bolshevism in Central Asia. The individual human element recedes......
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