Fiction
3s. 6d. ) No Decency Left. By Barbara Rich. (Cape. 7s. 6d.) Is we accept the work of a man of genius—and Mr. Faulkner is one of the few living writers who may safely be accused......
The Coast Of Illusion. By Douglas Goldring. (bodley Head....
6d.)—This is (particularly since the fall of sterling) a highly moral book. It warns Englishmen, and espetially English women, what will happen to them - if they go and live on......
David's Day. By Denis Mackail. (hodder And Stoughton. 7s....
comedy of cause and effect : or how the birth of a charwoman's grandchild- linked together an oddly assorted chain of people and episodes. Clean] amiable humour.......
The Smuggler's Daughter. By J. C. Tregarthen. (john...
6d.)—Though very consciously seasoned with irritating local dialect and footnotes this is an innocent, pretty little romance about a Cornish smuggler's daughter who marries a......
Night Out. By Rupert Croft-cooke. (jarrolds. 7s. 6d.) —a...
of five hundred pounds and a vague longing for " life itself," as revealed, by posters and cinemas, inspire a young shop assistant to leave his lodgings in a hurry. -The tale of......
White Thorn. By Constance Sitwell. (pharos. 6s.)— Mrs....
of a young girl's love for a ne'er-do- well, her marriage to a conventionalist and the consequent renunciations and loyalty and tenderness is, rather miraculously, saved from......
Three Fevers. By Leo Walrnsley. (cape. 7s. 6d.)— A Strong,
simple story of fisher folk on the Yorkshire coast, told with great restraint by a writer who obviously has first-hand knowledge of fishing and the sea.......
Maladetta. By J. B. Morton. (chapman And Hall, 7s....
flowers in the Pyrenees, withers in London. Mr. Morton's intolenince and honesty imperil the balance while they increase the charm of a book which is torn between Glove of......
Kiss On The Lips. By Katherine Susannah Prichard. (cape. 7s.
6d.)—A very interesting collection of short stories by the distinguished Australian novelist, remark- able more for vivid writing and sharp, precise impressions than for sense......
Cambodian Quest.' 'by Robert J. Casey. (elkin Mathews.:...
is fascinating, but not the quietest place for a holiday. Nance' Abbot went there, and was immediately cast as unwilling • lead in a breathless business of Chinese and......
The Listening Woman. By Massicks Sparroy. (faber And...
6d.)—The Thornton family—eccentrics, priests, and a murderer—find themselves at the uncertain mercy of Deborah Claw, their eavesdropping drudge. A strange and sensitive murder......
New Novels
SWISS FAMILY MANHATTAN. By Christopher Morley. (Faber and Faber. 6s.)—The new Swiss Family on a New York skyscraper : their moralizings and demoralization when they explored......
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