Akfinaton, King Of • Egypt. By. -dmitri Merezhkevgky....
the Rhssian by Natalie A. Duddington. (J. M. Dent and Sons. 7s. 6d.)—This is a sensi- tive and well-written translation of another of• the great historical evocations of......
Meet Mr. Mulliner. By P. G. Wodehouse. (herbert Jenkins. 7s.
6d.)—Only the most rigid high-brows will refuse to unbend under the solicitation -of - these engaging and preposterous narratives. Those who are suffering from mental fatigue......
Mystery And Adventure Novels
THE HOUSE OF FEAR. By Robert W. Service. (Fisher Unwin. 7s. 6d.)—Characters and incidents are so plentiful in Mr. Service's novel that only the broadest outline of the plot can......
The Secret Of Father Brown. By G. K. Ches- Terton.
(Cassell. 7s. 6d.)—Again there moves, across the stricken scenes of mysterious wrong, the grotesque and thril- ling little figure of the priestly detective, who explains a crime......
Novels Of Everyday Life
SHAKEN BY THE WIND. By Ray Strachey. (Faber and Gwyer. 7s. 6d.)--In religious fanaticism there always lurks the danger of sexual vice ; and around this peril Mr. Strachey has......
Oldham. By Catherine Verschoyle. (longmans. 7s. 6d.)—the...
as Oldham decidedly succeeds in making the reader, as well as the families who unaccountably endured her, experience a creepy aversion now and then. The idea of the book is that......
Many A Green -isle; By Clifford Bax. (heinemann. 7s. 6d.)—we
have here a book that is neither quite a novel nor quite a volume of short stories, but a very subtle and intriguing blend of the two. A certain young man is invited by......
The Seven Lovers And Other Stories. By Muriel Hine. (the
Bodley Head. 7s. 6d.)—Few novelists are successful short story writers and Mis3 Muriel Hilie is no exception to this rule, though undoubtedly she has excellent stories to tell.......
Unnatural Death. By Dorothy L. Sayers. (berm. 7s. 6d.)—it Is
clear from the start that it was Mary Whittaker who, while acting as nurse, stealthily murdered her aunt, Agatha Dawson. Agatha was over seventy and suffering from cancer. But......
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