Glen$hiels. By Lennox Kerr. (bodley Head. 7s. 6d.)—
The Mackinleys, a Scottish working-class family, are caught in the toils of industrial "progress," but remain individuals none the less. A vivid and human story, well planned......
Idler's Gate. By John Winch. (collins. 7s. (id.) Intrigue In
a small German State in the eighteenth century, described in a manner . half Ruritanian and half allegorical. The Regent, the Prince, and the idlers at the gate take part in an......
Dark Morality. By Mary Howard. (bodley Head. 7s. 6d.) An
admirable study of a woman who was determined to get what she_ wanted. Jane's. relations with Max and Christian and the rest, and the morality she works out to suit her needs,......
A- Pew People. By- M L. -haskins. (lovat Dickson. 7s.
6d.)—A sympathetic story of a blind ex-officer on an English farni, which -would have - even better without an improbable small boy, too pich dialect, and too much hazy......
Roundabout Way. By Louis Malone. (putnam. 7s. 6d.)
The way of the modern generation when it comes down from Oxford, with very few jobs, but plenty to do. Roundabout Way is brisk, up-to-the-Minute stuff, with numbers of......
Conversation Piece. By M. J. Farrell. (collins. 7s. 6d.)...
of those lively Irish tales in which all the characters are "characters," keen riders to hounds, and possessed of strong if limited vocabularies. Miss Farrell's new book is an......
Full. Tide. By Mary Isabel Leslie. (heritage. 7s. Mary...
ran a boarding house to pay for her son s education, and he hated her for it, and "let her down." A pleasant, readable tale with a happy ending.......
- The Poor Strangers. By Edward Albert. (ivor Nichol- Son
and Watson. 7s. 6d.)—These stories of Scotland are uneven and - often sentimental, but at his best Mr. Albert can manage an. exciting climax and write with colour and......
The :founder Of Shandon. By Adelaide Phillpotts, (berm....
story of the philosopher David Linnaker, of the community which he founded, of hisafruggle wit WillianiT h Tallifer; and of - his love for Eleanor. A thoughtful and sympathetic......
The Roving E. ' By •humphrey Pakington. (chatto And .
Windus. 7s. .6d..). A humorous novel that . is really funny. James of the roving eye lands himself with the wrong firineee; and. while •his affairs are being - tangled and......
Iciang . The Gra:ve - Digger. By Pierre Descaves And...
(Douglas. 6s.) A grim tragedy, set in a Bavarian • , prison, involving the governor, a prisoner, the mistress of Prince Friedrich, -and Hans, the prison grave-digger. This short......
• In Tne Swim. By -nina Cohen. (murray. 7s. 6d.)—the
doings of two debutantes, and their effect upon their respective mothers, one of wham is protective and the other jealous. An acute and agreeable story of London life.......
One Stair Up. By Campbell Nairne. .(porpoise Press. 7s....
excellently ,constructed tale. ot_aix Edinburgh family in which were a professional footballer, a waitress, a bookseller's - a.ssiatant, and Rosa Mr Nairrie - is to be......
Further Fiction
THE LrrrLE GOLDEN CALF. By Ilya Ilf and Eugene Petrov, (Grayson.--7s....13c1-) -=_A talented rogue ealler-LOstap Bende r seheiries to . get hold of a fortune, only to lard _that......
• Three Meet. By Anthony Bertram. (chapman And Hall. 7s.
6d.)Christopher Quin idolized a dead woman, only to learn from her husband how much he was at fault. Mr. Bertram's sound and thoughtful novel emphasizes once again the folly of......
Fiction
BY L. A. G. STRONG , The Valley of the Wild Swans. By J. H. Pollock. (Talbot Press, Dublin. 5s.) Strawberry Roan. By A. G. Street. (Faber and Faber. 7s. 6d.) ; I was talking the......
Farm. By Alan Kennington. (lovat Dickson. 7s. 6d.)...
a German music-hall star, and Arroll Harding, just down from Oxford, became her dancing partner and her lover. This is an unusual and pleasing story, and the stage scenes are......
Fever Heat. By- J. M. Frank. (macmillan. 7s. 6c1.)
Rainer, Studiendirektor of the _school in a smalLtown east of Berlin, emit up against all the conflicting forces of modern Germany. The political and mental struggles of his......
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