17 MAY 1930, Page 31

Mrs. Millin is not at her best throughout Men on

a Voyage (Constable, Os:).. It consists, apparently, of jottings from -a notebook arranged under separate headings. They are mostly

on abstract subjects, and it is only where Mrs. Millin breaks through into a parable or story that her work is seen at its best. In throwing some light on her novels this book may be of interest ; had it not been for them, it would probably never have been published.