22 NOVEMBER 1924, Page 28

Egbert. By W. A. Darlington. (Herbert Jenkins. 7s. 6d. net.)—If

Mr. Anstey had never written about the Arabian Djinn who escaped from the bottle Mr. Darlington's Egbert would be an original and amusing book. Unfortunately, however, the Oxford prig turned into a rhinoceros is not nearly as funny as Mr. Anstey's Professor who was trans- formed into a mule, and the magician in this book is uncon- vincing.