OTHER. NOVELS,—The Plastic Age. By Perm Marks. (Selwyn and Blount.
7s. 6d. net.)—The psychology of the youths in this truthful account of University life in the United States is cleverly analyzed, and the story has all the appearance of being true to life. At the same time, other people's slang is so irritating to the average man that English readers will probably find that three hundred pages written in the lingo talked by the American undergraduate make rather heavy reading.—Quack! By Robert Elson. (Hutch- inson. 7s. 6d. net.)—A not unworthy successor to Mr. Elson's forensic novel Marry. In this instance he takes a doctor as his hero. It is a pity that the author's books tend to cOmprise so many episodes that they have all the air of havingbeen written to appear serially. At any tate, Quack ! though not as interesting as Marry, contains some very good reading. The School' of Paris. By Robert A. Hamblin. (George Allen and Unwin. -7d. 6d. nets)—There is an _educational flavour in this novel, and the author's des- cripticin of the Ecole Holophrastique Doimeau is exceedingly entertaining. -It is- unfair to reveal the admirable device by which language is taught in this school • but the account of how Benjamin Pye joins the staff of teachers and of his first lesson given hidden in a theatrical tree' is most humorous. —The- Windlestraw. By J. Mills Whitharn. (Allen_ and Unwin. 60: net.)—This is the story of a' Cundling who rises from the social status in 'which his foster-parents bring him tipi obtains a University, education, and, after an un- successful .marriage and professional career, returns to the West Country where his _childhood was passed. The back- ground of the rural part of theStor -..is charming. ; the portraits of the villagers, old and yo .,and the descriptions of country doings make 'delightful' re
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