Mr. Norman Collins is one of the younger men of letters who has earned a considerable reputation critic and especially as a critic of fiction. A year or so ago, he Published a study of the English novel, and, now, greatly daring, he himself' has" written a novel and published it. "Penang Appointment" (Gollanez 7s. 62) may certainly be accounted a success, even if it be charged against the plot that it may bbe set down to the reading of fiction rather than to a close observation of life.
The scene is laid on the passenger (advantageous to himself) between his daughter and the rich Brentano, '5 unpleasant a specimen of humanity as even the situation could demand.
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