"Wild arbour," by Tan Mace Pherson (Methuen, London, 7/8), the story of the adventures of a man and his wife who seek refuge from a devastating wer in 1044 Ina de-Solate part of the highlands of Scot-Jand. In addition to the hardships of their primitive life, they lived in continual dread of discovery which would have implied: the man being dragged back -as a deserter. The descriptions of the highland. country, the wild life and the stalking of the deer, are very fine, but the dialogue is not very convincing, and the whole novel seems. -to. be. rather Pointless, unless. itis intended to show the fully. of attempting to escape from the evils of modern
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