Great Expectations

A new book from Mr. E. V. Lucas is always welcome, especially a book of reminiscences. The Old Contemporaries (Methuen, 6s.), due on October 24, forms a companion to Methuen's Reading, Writing and Remembering, which had such a success when It first appeared two years ago.
Another interesting book from the same firm published on the same date is A Romany Life by Gipsy Petulengro, grandson of the old gipsy immortalised by George Borrow in Romany Rye and Larenero. It tells of a spartan upbringing, peddling among American negroes, and finally of the author's return to freedom (Methuen; 10s. ad.).
Seven WOMCII Against the World is a brilliant account of the lives of seven revolutionary women by Margaret Goldsmith (Methuen, October 24, 10s. 6d.). Among them are Charlotte Corday, Emma Goldman and Rosa Luxemburg, all women who sacrificed their lives in vain, according to Miss Goldsmith, because there was no united movement of the masses behind them.
Important novels are due from Heinemann. Sylvia Thompson's A Silver Rattle. Joseph Roth's Tarabas, the study of a Russian officer half saint, half brute, J. D. Beresford's On a Huge Bill, a psychological study, and D. -K. Broster's World Under Snow make their appearance on October 21, at 7s. 6i1. each.
The list ends with a group of children's books, stealing a march on the Christmas publications. Bush Ragamuffins by Elisabeth Marc, and Beginners Please by J. Compton, will be published by Methuen on October 24 at 5s. and 2s. 6d. respect ively.
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