Murder In The Squire's Pew. By J. S. Fletcher. (harrap.
7s. 6d.) —A stereotyped detective story on old- fashioned lines. It is difficult to take any interest in the question of who stole the chalice and paten from the vestry and......
Fiction
Readability Evensong. By Beverley Nichols. (Cape. 7s. 6d.) The Harbour - Master. By William McFee. (Heinemann. Its. ad.) The Puritan. By Liam O'Flaherty. (Cape. 7s. 6d.) The......
Inspector Frost And The Waverdale Fire. By Maynard Smith....
7s. ed.)—Inspector Frost is as deliberate and good humoured as ever, and eventually makes the right choice from a large crop of Suspects. Young love is also triumphant.......
Who Closed The Casement ? By Thomas Cobb. (henn. 7s.
6d.) 7 --This book begins with an adequately mysterious murder , ibit the story gradually mils off to tame and 'obvious conclusion. Moreover ' the author, will whose death many......
The Most Unfortunate Day Of My Life. By Maria Edgeworth.
(Cobden-SanderSon. 4s. 6d.)—The title story, here printed for the first time, is unlikely to be read nowadays in the spirit intended by the author, but it offers a different......
A Child Of The Revolution. By Baroness Orczy. (cassell. 7s.
6d.)—.The romance of a revolutionary who married—for hate—a beautiful aristo: It is Iesslurid than its dust cover suggests. Pimpernel epicures will find it to their taste. ,......
The Fifth Commandment. By. H. A. Vachell. (hutch- Inson....
fid.)-Mr.,Vachell, like the Sunday-papers, is concerned with and for the modern girl. He considers in an intricate and unbiassed story .how . Christina and Zoe two Bright Young......
New Novels
CHRISTOPHER STRONG. By Gilbert Frankau. (Hutchins son. 7s. 8d.)—Sir Christopher Strong comfortably married; -lord of a hundred grocers' shops, liked safety first. Lady Felicity......
Ashes On The Hearth. By Mrs. Fred Reynolds. (the Bodley
Head. 7s. 6d.)—Should a husband tell ? The theme recalls the 1880's ; and the style, pleasantly reminiscent of Miss Braddon, matches the theme. The authoress has the courage to......
Satan's Circus. By Lady Eleanor Smith. ,(9ollancr. 7s. -...
of the 'cit. - efts; the gipsies, and the music halls. Lady Eleanor Smith should write' good scenarios. Sometimes, like certain films, she Strains her . psycholou ; but the best......
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