Chocolate.. By Alexander Tarasov-rodionov. (heine. Mann....
"sounds an inhuman theme, tart Chocolate is a sincere and human story, vividly told, and admirably translated by Mr. Charles 'Malamuth.......
A Leaf Of Latrel. By Leslie Mellen (faber And Faber.
75. 6d.) -- Mr. McBee follows up Quartette with a curiously deliberate inventory of the moods of a young Australian. His study of Anthony Hyde is convincing and sympathetic, and......
Further Fiction
THE CHARLES Mica. By Verner. von Heidenstain. (tape. 7s. 6d.)—Magnifieent stories of Charles. II of Sweden and the downfall of his empire. This is a rare book, tragic and full......
Tne.jovw, Gnoszx. _ By _thorne Smith. (arthur Barker. 7s....
Mr. Topper, haunted by jovial ghosts. One would be still niore sorry for him, were it not that his sense of humour seems to be about on a par with theirs,......
Current Literature
STABLE MONEY By Robert Eisler Dr. Eisler's statement of his theories now appears with ,a preface of its own written by a - former Meinber of the Court of the Bank; who......
Mr. Pfecroff Goes. To Heaven. By Rolf Bennett. (collins, 7s.
6d.)—From spats, umbrella, and the 8.55, to treasure-hunting on the Spanish Main—a really lively extravaganza with a good twist at the end.......
One House. By James Courage. (gollancz. 7s. 6d.)— Four...
live together, in a house shadowed by the memory of their dead father. This first novel has an intense, brooding quality. It is unusual and strongly imagined, but it leaves one......
A Yotraic Gentleman In Poland. By Alexander Lernet-...
7s. 6d.)—A fugitive second lieutenant makes a very pretty ladies' maid, flirts with the men, seduces the daughters of the house, and is finally credited with a great Austrian......
Going . Soyaewhere. By Max Ewing. - (cassell. 7s. 6d.)...
of those witty, sophisticated novels for'which we have so largely to thank Mr. Evelyn Waugh : about, so far as it is about anything, modern New York. Sparkling, rather......
Tim Hor•low Field. By Marcel Ayme. (constable. '7s....
the death in a French village, brought about by 'the suicide of Aurelie Coindet. A sad, drab, rather striking story, unevenly translated by Miss Helen Waddell,. who trips us up......
The National Review
We must congratulate the National Review in celebrating' its jubilee this month. It was ten years old when the late: Mr. L. J. Masse acquired it and made it the independent and......
Roans Hun. By Lida Larrimore. (methuen. 7s. Od.)— The Old,
old story of unappreciated love whose true value is realized on the last page. A pleasant variation on a perennial theme.......
Harmony. By Mary Gaunt. (berm. 7s. 6d.)—roger Thole,...
as a slave-owner, finds that he is a quadroon and a slave himself. Mrs. Gaunt tells another excellent story – of Jamaica, full of colour and vividly characterized.......
Tee Bride. By Gideon Clark. _(grayson. 7s. (id.)— A Novel
of interest and highsincerity. Mr. Clark's seriousness of purpose commands all respect, but he makes the artistic mistake of trying to crowd too much into one book.......
A Hum Side Man. By Con O'leary. (lovat Dickson. 7s.
6d.)—A full, highly coloured, and rather violent story with an Irish hero, who, born on the night of Catholic Eman- cipation, attains peaceful old age after many adventures and......
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follows Gataita:y with More about Gateway : about boom and slump in- real estate, and the adventures of Marmaduke Ming in the very wild West. A well-planned novel, immensely......
Swans Battle. By . Maria!' Bows. (lovat Dickson. 7s....
becoming used to family chronicles, linked by the need for money and heirs to carry on the name. Miss Bower's East Anglian saga is like many others, but it is readable and well......
Essm's Sorts. By A. R. Weekes. (constable. Bs. Fid.)— Twin'
brothers and a fascinating but dangerous woman in the South of France. Miss Weekes can be relied upon for armchair fiction of the utmost readability.......
A Daughter Of The Samurai _ By Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto
Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto does not only write of America aa it appeared to a Japanese observer. She writes of her own samurai' home as it might appear to Western eyes ; and the......
Stsiox's Wife. By Audrey Lambert. (eldon Press. 7s. 6d.)...
men in love with one woman, and being noble about it. A readable story ruined by false values and pukka sahib nonsense.......
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