CAPTAIN NICHOLAS—Hugh Walpole—Doubleday, Doran ($2.50).
Following hard on the heels of the four long turgid romances that make up The Berries Chronicle, Hugh Walpole's new novel reverts to his lighter vein. A Modern Comedy he calls this yarn of a present-day scalawag who, with the manners of Prince Charming and the soul of a snapping turtle, is the black sheep of a gentle English family. Author Walpole, who has a good word for everybody, seems to like even his own rogues. But most readers will...
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