5 MARCH 1927, page 38

Novels In Brief

The Trail-Makers of the Middle Border (John Lane. 7s. 6d. is a book of uncommon charm and distinction. Mr Hamlin Garland has the combined gifts of noveli historian, and......

Fiction

Modern and Other Loves Sir Pompey and Madame Juno. By Marlin Armstrong. (Cape. 7s. tld.) WHEN two sane and sensitive married people discover that they do not love one another,......

Petenera's Daughter. By Henry Bellaman. (cape. 7s....

short—of Basque blood, with vivacity and a head sometimes full of the strangest ecstasies and imaginings, was La Petenera's daughter. Every-: one had loved Petenera. Her......

Kindling And Ashes. By George Barr Mccuteheon. (john...

6d.)—In the American country town of Hurdleford there are two families that matter, the Waynes and the Jaggards—the former because of their lineage, and the latter on account of......

The Three Faces. By Helen Nicholson. F(011inr. 7s....

a tale of love,- adventure and nn;sten, brightened by occasional flashes of humour and full of exeitik, situations. Those who , enjoy .a. thriller, that has at the same time a......

The Deadlock. By V. V. Vieressaev. (faber And Gayer. 7s.

6d.)—The Deadlock is a singularly apt title for a book which describes the hopelessly helpless conflict between Reds and Whites in the Russia of a few years ago. The opposing......