... FOR four years during the war Mr. Sewell Stokes was Probation Officer at Bow Street Magistrate's Court, and COURT CIRCULAR (Michael Joseph. 1os. 6d.) is one of the fortunate results. The book is not merely anecdotal, as it could so easily have been, but ...

... has not functioned since the Boer War, only since 1907 (vide Dame Irene Ward's F. A .N. Y. Invicta, a recent history) Margaret M. Pearson had a good idea for Bright Tapestry (Harrap, ISs.)-- to tell historic stories of our Stately Homes, many of which ...

... THE SCHIRMER INHERITANCE. By Eric Ambler. Heinemann 12s. 6 d.) Thriller set in post-war Greece. WITHOUT VEILS. By Sewell Stokes. (Peter Davies 15s.) A pleasantly-written and illustrated biography of Miss Gladys Cooper. NEHRU. By D. F. Karaka. Verschoyle ...

... accepting compliments with an air of languor all day What a mis take. She had a good practical business head, had my mistress. Margaret Trouncer allows for both sides in a satisfying biography, Madame Recamier (MacDon- ald, 12s. 6d.), though naturally the romance ...

... though it nearly broke his heart, the Admiral had to strike his flag. If only Tom Washbourne, their son, would marry Lady Margaret Fitz-Henry! But then there was the nice Barton girl who was quite poor. Nothing to be done but to move to the Dower House: ...