My Husband Simon. By Mollie Panter-downes. (collins, 7s....
a Philistine husband what should -a young writer do when offered a contract and the " protection " of her American publisher ? Miss Panter-Downes slickly and shrewdly reports......
Yehuda. By Meyer Levin. (cape. 7s. 6d.)—the Founding Of The
new Israelite nation in the land of Israel is hard. Yehuda, who might perhaps have been a great violinist, worked on the farm commune of Carmel. A strange, mannered novel, with......
The Compfj.led Hero. By Richard Heron Wart (gollancz. 7s....
boring these adolescent bohemians " and their Montparnasse parties can be I Mr. Ward contrives to be mildly ironical, is frequently faCetious, and unblushingly gives his......
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The Rough and the Smooth Hatter's Castle. By A. J. Cronin. (Gollancz. 8s. 6d.) Friends and Relations. By Elizabeth Bowen. (Constable. 7s. 6d.) John Boddy. By Temple Thurston.......
• A Certain Man. By Oliver Onions. (heinemann. 7s. 6d.)—a
magic coat turns Christopher Darley, adver- tising man, into a Christian or a pagan-or something else disappointingly sentimentalized by the author.......
Mr. Elliot O'donnell Seems Tireless In His Exploration Of...
supernatural, and the results which he gives us in his latest volume Rooms of Mystery (Phillip Allen, 8s. 6d.) are enough to make the nervous terrified at the idea of spending......
Ming And Magnolia. By Catherine I. Dodd. (jarroldz 7s....
motif of this incoherent story is an unlucky Chinese vase which impels a self-conscious young woman to rewrite a Queen Anne period diary she discovers. A bewildering pot-pourri.......
Some Books Of The Week Tim Poet Laureate Recently...
to this journal a poem on Adam and Eve, as Chaucer might have told their story. The poem was obviously a jets ftesprit, but it showed -how closely Mr. John Masefield has studied......
Out Of Focus. By Joan Haslip. (cobden-sanderson. 78....
from a young woman to a middle- aged novelist, though charmingly written, fail to " put across " either atmosphere or character convincingly—a difficulty inherent in the medium.......
New "novels
SILVER LEY. By Adrian Bell. (Cobden-Sanderson. 7s. 6c1.) —There is little incident in this chronicle by a poet turned farmer, but he presents a very balanced and sane picture of......
My Particular. Murder. By David Sharp. (bean, 7s. 6d.)—a...
moving tale of adventure among crooks, exceptional because it is not a mystery story.......
The Earth Told Me. By Thames Williamson. (harrap, 7s....
triangle situation among people who are slow and passionlesi is irksome.. Mr. , Williamson is a bette r observer of local customs in Alaska than he is a creative artist.......
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