"A Fucur 10 a Fuxton"—By Valen ing London: Ward Lock &°Co, "A Flight to A Fi unadulterated farce more it fulfils its role adequately. There is nothing in it which has any reference to the possibilities, let alone probabilities, of real life, There must be people who read this sort of novel and no doubt get a lot of fun out of doing a> or they would not be written, but where, what or who they are it is difficult agine. "Tons of Money" of which Mr. Valentine is part author was a success on the stage and Flight to a Finish" if well dramalized and snappily played might provide an amusing evening's entertainment. In parts the reader might almost think that Mr. Valen-me had written it with a view to its being staged. The opening scene of the story is a lonely beach at Lethbridge Sands in Cornwall—a young woman bathing, her clothes left on the shore meanwhile: a young man appears accompanied by his setter who, whilst his master slumbers, preeceds to make a meal off the young woman's clothes in-
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