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["Colton Glove Country," by Betty Trask, Hodder and Stoughton 7/8.1 Elizabeth" bes at Paddington station awaiting the arrival of the train that will take her into Bomerset, and she is very duterest ed in the smoke curling about over the platforms. The train arrives and her journey begins and is quite an ordinary train ride until "he" gets into the carriage. He is Quin, a tall youth, who was doomed from his first appearance to make a conventioned entry into the story later. Elizabeth reaches her des tination immediately after she has found what she calls a lizard hang- ing from the rack in her carriage. She labels her dragon and adopts it.

give of a long and, for a Civil Ser- of one of the Channel steambre. A vant, unusually varied career: not candid old saflor remarked at the passed in the limelight, the witnea- Investigation of the case, Well, sing some vivid scenes at which it's time you found it. Why, that only a limited number of people now lamp has come across

full... of living can have been present, and cigars every day for the last twenty in touch with a somewhat unusual years.* If this was true, half a number of distinguished men.. pound of cigars a day would repre

An Impression of the period in sent, at the then, rats of duty, a which Sir John spent his school-profit of some $45 a year, to the days is gathered from his early auraggler, and the boats often made recollections of London: "Every the double passage twice a day," morning an Isleworth bus stopped

While on the Lighthouse Com- at our door after breakfast, and mission, Sir John

Was granted the conductor, in a white top-hat, £500 for experimenta in wireless, standing on a

"It small step behind, just invented by Marconi, holding on by a strap, descended gives me to think,” he says, “of the and rang our bell if we were not extraordinary changes which the ready, ta rattle us over the macada fanumerable discoveries in the ap- mised and sometimes cobbled roads, plication of electricty have made in. with straw on the floor to keep our the world during a single genora- feet warm. If we were not ready tion; and yet we do not know what we had to wait, perhaps, five or ten electricity ist Mr. Breece, while on minutes before another bus plodded broad the "Enchantress." once told us a story.... of a Professor who was lecturing upon subject and thought one of his an electrical listeners was dropping off to sleep. Mr. Jones, what is electricity?

lelaurely up.'

It

She spends a holiday with her Aunt and does all that one should

That is reminiscent enough, but do on a holiday. The lizard fol-

aven ten years later London was lows her around and crops up whenever she is alone. Quin again old-fashioned, and grimly so. arrives and the inevitable occurs. is, for instance, not easy to associate Elizabeth, possibly the most inno with the memory of a man who haslectricity, air; I have forgotten!' 'Gentleman, sald the lecturer, this cent heroine ever portrayed, falla just died scenes of such barbarity is indeed a misfortune to mankind. in love and the course of true love as this:

We have among us one who once rune smooth The holiday: over "Every morning my brother took knew what electricity is, and he she returns to Paddington with bus from Piccadilly to St. Paul's has forgotten!" "the Dragon" which disappears We occasionally had the disagree. directly she arrives at Paddingtonable privilege of seeing, at the end where she again becomes interested) of the street as we passed Old in the smoke.

Definitely not an exciting book.

["Blues

B

Eyes and Grey." by Baroness Orczy, Hodder and Stoughton 7/6.1

In recognition of his services on the Board of Customs, the author was, in 1900, granted the dignity of a C.B. All those who at the same time wore to receive Investiture at Windsor Castle had a small book fitted in readiness on the left

breast:

Badley, a victim suspended from the gallows opposite Newgate; once there was the horror of the twelve bodies of the pirates of the Flowery Land swinging together. This barbarous exhibition was abolished

"I sat next to Sir H. Ponsonby, Amos Beyvin had fallen in love before our school days came to an and he explained to me that former with Fay whilst in Canado. On end."

ly Her Majesty used to fix the his return to England he partially In those days, even as now, St. order on to the chest with a safety forgets her and visiting a night James's Church, Piccadilly, was pin, but on one occasion the re- club with a lady friend is respon-patronized by fashionable and

sible for the death of a policeman wealthy worshippers. Of this cipient was an Indian Rajah,, clad in a tight-fitting golden gown. engaged in raiding this particular church Sir John's father was rector, Her Majesty, in pinning on the club. He is arrested and sen- and the author recalls many order, took up a fold of his skin tenced to penal servitude. The activities long since forgotten, with his garment, and ran the pin train en route to Dartmoor, in The rector initiated a "Monthly Con- through it.

The Rajah had the which Amos is travelling with two ference" which attracted laymen nerve to make no sign until he got warders, is wrecked and he is saved and notabilities alike, Among the out of the presence chamber, when by a nurse who he learns to call visitors were Matthew Arnold and

he fainted. After that, the device Blue Eyes. She enables him to es-Lord Lyttleton. Al shades of

of the hook was adopted." cape to Canada where the remain- opinion were welcomed at the meet- der of the story takes place. ings, but the "Broad Church" ele

Amos takes the name of Madoc ment seem to have been so strongly and works on a farm and is res-zopresented that the debates were ponsible for breaking up a gam- of a very lively character.

"As the bling den in his neighbourhood. He again meets Fay and also Blue Eyes. Although he has to suffer many rebuffs he finally marries Fay and the story ends in the con. ventional way.

Here we have Baroneas Orczy in a new world. France and the Scarlet Pimpernel have nothing common with this story, the plot of which is certainly hackney- ed and unfortunately not too inter. esting.

in

["A Perilous Elopement." by Mra. Victor Rickard, Hodder and Stoughton.]

The "Reminiscences of an Old Civil Servant," is a very entertain- ing and Instructive volume, for town light on past activities. of A service whose operations, though essentially solemn, are

years went on this element became, In my father's opinion, rather too gether predominant. Also there arose a touch. demand by a younger generation for Bomething. little more free and easy, and a raclety was formed .... in which smoking and jugs of beer were led at the meet- In the fullness of time, the ings." older-fashioned and more dignified conferences came to an end.

Among the distinguished and frequent attendants at St. James's

was the Commander-in-Chief, the

old Duke of Cambridge.

"He generally occupied a seat in a pow reserved for stray bishops in

not alto- devoid of the

human

HJ.F.

Two books of occasional papers just appearing have their own out- The first, of-the-way appeal. "Waysides and Bywaya," by Mr. Arthur L. Salmon, is a group of the smaller cross reveries on furtunes of life. They concern simple people-the vicar, the doctor, the monk, the soldier-and English lanes ar cliffs or moors.

Mra. Victor Rickard has in, this.front, of the Rectory pow. One A faithful mind uses this musing

the latest addition to her novels, provided a most excellent example of her imaginative powers.

To tell the story would be to apoll the reading of the book, so let it suffice that throughout the three hundred odd pages there is a spica of mystery, that cannot fail to in barest all readers of such stories.

The scenes are laid first in Eng. land and later at Dinard, where the main act is played out to a most exciting Anish.

The criminal unfortunately es capes but this is perhaps good news because we may possibly hear more of him in another novel. [Reminiscences of An Old Civil Servant (1846-1927) By Sir John Arrow Kempe, K.C.B. John Murray. 128. net.]

style. (G. T. Foulis.)

Sunday the old Archbishop of Armagh sat next to him, and the Duke, seeing that he had no hymn Mrs. Ray Strachey, who is pre- book, offered a share of his. I paring a volume on religious fana- was told (I did not hear it myself)ticism, has had an unusual career. that the Duke was heard to wish- Amongst other things she stood for per in a loud tone (he was always Parliament. three times and bulit emphatic in his language): "Damn her own house from pressed mud. it, air, you are singing the wrong hymn!"

In 1864, Sir John went to Trinity College.

Three years later, Lord Derby, the Prime Minister, nominat ed him for limited, competition for a vacancy in the Treasury: He passed his examinations against great odds, and was duly installed among a body of about forty men, most of whom became eminent statesmen in their day.

From this paint onwards the book de one long record of events in The last few years have been a Hfe of public service and a career quite notable for their production of unusual distinction." - Sir John's of volumes dealing with the inner share in the financial administration sides of the Solemn Service. of the Civil Service throws fresh

We have had its history, its habits light on its mich-discussed relations and its humour and now, close with the Treasury, and a pic upon the death of Sir John Arrow turesque spéct 1 added by the de Kempe, K.C.B., we have his 60 scription of his travels round the year's reminiscences as a Civil counts of the United Kingdom, on Servant.

the inspection of the Custom ports This valuable compendium of a and as a member of the Royal picturesque personality who, with Commission on Communication with his father, had personal relations Lightships, which he has illustrated with nine Prime Ministers of Eng-with some of his own sketches. land, beginning. with Lord Aber- In his capacity of Deputy. Chair- dean, was a parting gift to the man of the Customs Board Sdr. author's family and friends, begun John was involved in numerou during a short period of enforced tours of investigation. Some of rest and completed during the last these proved startling in their re- year of his life. He did not live velations. But, of all institutione, to see the book published: the last the Custom House museum was in

HONG KONG HEIGHTS of sheets were lying beside him doubtedly the most entertaining,

when the summons came. Peopl **In those days we had in the The book is no light record of Curtown House a museum of objects insignificant facts or purely per- In which smuggled goods, had been the following list of some of the sonal memories, Neither is it and discovered. It had probably been

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“I have been asked, in; my, Bånd of the smug year, to record some reminiscences also

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