"Ons or rux Besr.""—By F. E, Penny.
PP, 320. Price 7/6 nei. Hodder There are two chief strands in the making of this book, one per-
Apart from the delightful characterization, the stories are well written. They are seasoned with the seasoning of humour, and witty insight into human life. Mr. Copplestone has the "pen of 4 ready writer, or the typing machine—he is too modern und too clever not to. use- one. skilfully. have long held a dislike of detective stories, but I confess that as I read these T forgot that they sonal—the various types of love ™ay be classed as such. They interest in a fine young Boglish are too full of elements more woman, one phlegmatic, the second interesting than the crime-scent-ive. But, even rating impetuous and the third roman-them as, "detective," they should tic. The heroine is not brilliant at any form of sport, and actual-come quite above the once-famous Bherlock Holmes series in appeal fy prefers a seat ina major-cer to a saddle, but she is none the to the general reader lees heroic og her three lovers rethe cognized and as her trials proved.
But the main theme of the book'
of wider interest for
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