... : f Reviewed by I 'Trevor Allen I HOW I envy those detached people who can retire with a hefty novel, not only reading every line in a leisurely way, but living in the story and not worrying if it takes a month to finish. Mr. Frank Tilsley's Champion Road (Eyre & Spottiswoode, 12s. 6d.) tells in 700 packed pages of Jonathan Briggs, tough Lanca shire builder, who gets ahead by Jerry and ...

... Come Ride with Me, by Delia Dolphin (Christopher Johnson Pub lishers, Ltd. 15 s.). Another addi tion to the vast library of books on the horse, Mrs. Dolphin's contribu tion makes easy reading. The author deals briefly with the horse in history and legend and goes on to give hints on buying, manage ment, riding and ailments. There are numerous strong line illustra tions by John Board, who also ...

... THE COMPLEAT ANGLER, OR THE CONTEMPLATIVE MAN'S RECREA TION, by Izaak Walton. Messrs. Vane have published a most attrac tive reprint of this classic for the reasonable price of 8s. 6d. The charm and elegance of the seven teenth century which Izaak Walton recalls for us are fittingly introduced by the designs from the first edition reproduced on the dust-sheet and title-page. The Countryman ...

... Joan of Arc and the Recovery of France A Crowd is Xot Company 6 Prince Leopold and Anna Elizabeth Bewens THE Teach Yourself History Series is being edited by A. L. Rowse: allied with such a name it makes a propitious start. Evidently-- and what an excellent thing!-- the gulf between the specialist and the public is narrowing. What can be popular is no longer in disrepute. In this case, ...

... 44 Silver Wedding: 44 The Last Pre-Raphaelite An Attic in Jervuyn Street Elizabeth Bewehs Richard JefTeries is being handsomely com memorated in a uniform edition of his works published by the Lutterworth Press, the second volume of which. Field and Hedgerow (10s. 6d.), consisting of Jefferies' last essays, has just been published. As the editor, Mr. Samuel J. Looker, says, The bulk of the ...

... (bfr Castle Anna (Lyric, Hammersmith) Burlesque Princes Anthony Cookman with Tom Titt THE theatre cannot be said to open its arms to distinguished novelists. At their approach it is apt to put on a closed shop stare and to growl out something about the need for a period of apprenticeship. Thus, unhappily, it stares, and thus it growls at Miss Elizabeth Bowen. This novelist's proved gifts-- ...

... THOUGH styles in the performance of music may change, genuine artistry and showmanship must always count, and in this country we have one singer who, in his own particular line, is still in the top class. His name is Sam Browne, and he has been making gramophone records since 1922. To-day he can show anyone who may doubt his capabilities that he has a long way to go yet. To prove this, listen ...

... Mrs. Beeton and Ilcr Husband Champion Road Paper Orchid Elizabeth Bewen's TOWERING misconceptions on the subject of Mrs. Beeton have, for years now, waited to be cleared up. A Sybilline figure in bombazine, age round the fifty-mark, casting eggs by the dozen into the mixing-bowl, pound ing poundable substances with remorseless fury, daring the bride to err, the cook to falter, or the hostess ...

... (JM Four, Five, Six! (Duke of York's) Anthony Cookman with Tom Titt BETWEEN One, Two, Three!, a revue so good in parts that it settled into a com fortable run, and Four, Five, Six! there is little to choose. That is surprising as well as gratifying, for the goodness of the first edition was largely the affair of Miss Binnie Hale and Mr. Sonnie Hale, and only a week before the second was due ...

... Elizabeth Hewens Mariner Dances San-Sou-Ci Our Dog's Victorian Tales for flirls I REMEMBER talking, a week or two ago, about a group of younger British novelists who keep one still optimistic as to the future of the novel. That week I instanced Howard Clewes-- now let us consider P. H. Newby, whose third book comes to us. It is Mariner Dances (Cape; 9 s.). Mr. Newby's preceding novels-- ...

... RECORD DF THE WEEK SOME two years ago Atlantis, composed by Stanelli, was given a concert per formance at the Cambridge Theatre with the composer conducting. Now it appears on a record for the first time played in grand style by Sidney Torch and his Orchestra. Stanelli has always wished to be accepted as a serious musician, and this work shows clearly that his ambition should not now be very ...

... A Passing: World Morning', Noon and Niglit in London Devil Take the Blue Tail Fly Three Books for the Young: Elizabeth Bewens THE title of our dear Mrs. Belloc Lowndes' last book sounds melancholy, but its contents are not. A Passing World (Macmillan; 15s.) does, it is true, cover the clouded period of World War I., but the effect left on the reader's mind is of equilibrium, good manners, ...