Spears Against Us. By Cecil Roberts. (hutchinson. 'is....
friendship and the subsequent enmity of the Crawleys and the Edelsteins is symbolized in Ian's love for Paula, which is the first step in her undoing : and when Ian goes to......
Voyage Declined. By Michael Romain. (nash And Grayson....
story of a young woman who begins by loving her business, and then makes a business of love. The heroine would be attractive if she were not so shrewd and competent, but none of......
Mulberry Square. By Lida Larrimore. (methuen. 7s....
but sterling : her sister Celia was lovely but gilt : and the nice young doctor had to choose. An old, old story, told with the hearty sim- plicity of another old story, Little......
The Pitiful Lady. By Katherine Tynan. (ward, Lock. 75....
wrapper asserts that this is a charming and characteristic romance. Miss 'Tynan's large public will not quarrel with this estimate of the tale of Robin Pendarves.......
The Spanish Omnibus Translated By .warre B. Wells
To represent modem Spanish literature from 1898 to the present day by a collection of translated short stories is a difficult task and there is no doubt that the writers in......
, We That Were Young.. By Irene Rathbone. (chatto And...
7s. 6d.).—If there must still be War books, • this kind is the least distressing. It is a long, brisk recollection of women's doings on and off duty, told with invincible......
My Sister's Story. By. Michael Osiorgin. (seeker....
Russian family' life and of a girl's unhappy marriage as observed by her brother is simply and rather beautifully written, but all the vagueness and irrelevance, the......
Current Literature
CANADA By Alexander Brady ' A NOTABLE addition to the "Modern World" series, edited by Mr. H. A. L. Fisher, is Canada, by Professor Brady of Toronto (Berm, I8s.). We know of no......
In The Month Of August. All Very Sophisticated And "
inimitable," but (dare we say it ?) rather dull. -......
Four Extra Daughters. By Joanna Maconeehy. (chatto And...
6d.).—Mrs. Bracken could not decide how to apportion 280,000 among her four unwanted daughters. She ultimately left it all to the unmoral Juliet, who gives a sensational twist......
New Novels
THE WILD TULIP. By F. L. Lucas. (Joiner and Steele. Os.)—Three women in the Convent of San Quirico—a nun, a lay sister, and the little novice Ottavia—fell in love. Tragedy......
Fiction
Himself. By Hazel Murphy. (Methuen. 7s. 6d.) 78. 6d.) 0 Providence. By John Hampson. (Hogarth Press. Is. Od.) Ballet for Three Masks is the most accomplished first novel I have......
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