THE SCARLET TREE (381 pp.)Sir Osbert SitwellLittle, Brown ($3.50).
Sir George Reresby Sitwell of Renishaw was an extraordinary man. He spent money like water, dabbled in medieval lore, invented a musical toothbrush that played Annie Laurie. In a milder way, his wife, Lady Ida, was extraordinary too. Though she invented nothing, she also spent money like water (she once paid a large price for a pig said to be psychic), as befitted a daughter of the Earl of Londesborough and a descendant of the royal Plantagenets.
Sir George and Lady Ida had three children. Edith,...
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