Silhouette Of Mary Anne. By J. E. Buckrose. (hodder And
Stoughton. 7s. 6d.)—A novel about George Eliot. Silhouette claims less than Portrait, but, even so, Miss Buckrose seems in awe of her theme, and unable to . achieve more than a......
Men And Wives. By I. Compton Burnett. (heinemann. 7s....
Compton Burnett exercises for the third time her individual, delicate, and ironic talent. This is a book to read slowly, sentence by sentence—penetrating, uncomfortable, and......
Five On Parade. By Doris Peel. (harrap.. 7s. 6d.)— The
Kiplings, left on their own at an early age ; are: erratic, devoted and uncannily lucky, except in their , embarrassing sentimentality. They combine a dish of the Sanger Family......
Two Lovers, Sailors And Some Bolsheviks,- .
Make up a tale both witty and surprising And full of puzzles as a box of tricks,......
Olives Are Scarce. • By-edward Yates. (heinemann. 7s....
is a pity,' , says the publishers' jacket, "that women like Olive should be scarce." Mr. Yates hardly convinces us of this, though he has written a likeable story.......
The House In The High Street. By Mrs. Henry Dudeney.
(Collins. 7s. 6d.)—Five generations of Cordelia's family had lived in Lewes High Street before she tried to struggle - out of her Victorian groove and fought against Duty to......
New Novels The Modern Home
The Cooking of Vegetables THE winter vegetables which for some weeks still must sufliee us rarely carry the suggestion of delight that a dish of early green peas imparts ; but......
Ice In Egypt. By A.-m. Maccrindle. (dent. 7s: 6d.)— The
author tells of Mahmoud, the Ice-Man, his': little son, and their friends in Egypt, in a series of episodes . that are written in cool, clear prose. The result is very, nearly......
The Brink. By Arthur Rees. (the Bodley Head. 7s. 6d.)—
This _attempt to blend the novel of the studio, of the Welsh hills, and of the. Cornish cliffs demands a good deal more than Mr. Rees has brought to it ; but it manages to be......
Mr. Corrington. Fly Dora Barford. (hodder And' Stoughton....
costume piece, scored for full orchestra—" Know you that there are a hundred guineas on your head, you rascal ? "—with variations upon gentlemen, rogues, Bath, and the Oxford......
Great English Short Storms. Edited By. Lewis Melville And...
Hargreaves. (Harrap. 8s. 6d.)—The first passenger in this .omnibus is Barnaby Riche (1540) ; the last is Aldous Huxley. In between come Swift, Lamb, Dickens, Saki and......
• General Knowledge Questions
OUR. weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen questions i submitted s awarded this week to B. G. H. Wormald, The Rectory, Solihull; Warwickshire: - Questions on......
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