THE LITERARY LOUNGER
... . By L. P. HARTLEY. MRS. THIRKELL is one of the few writers who are able to make a satisfactory novel out of the material of wartime conditions as they affect the daily lives of ordinary English people. She does not specialise in air raids or evacuees, or Ministries or factories; still less does she venture on to the parade ground. or into the air or under the sea. She realises that such ...