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ALEC WAUGH'S STORIES

It is unusual to find a volume of short stories titled in such a way that nobody can possibly mistake it for a novel. Mr. Alec Waugh, however, is bold enough to call his new book! "Eight Short Stories," and for that reason, if for no other, he deserves our thanks. But there is good, light entertainment here, which for the most part illustrates the difficulties which the younger generation seem to find in their matrimonial affairs. The trouble with women, says one young man, is that you can never believe them; but, judging from some of these stories, the men are well able to take care of themselves, even if on occasion they are obliged to adopt very stern measures. The scene hovers pleasantly between London and New York, though an exception is made in the case of "Ambition" Bevan, whose career is so strikingly different from the one he had envisaged for himself at school. There is no great depth in these stories, and they mirror the lives of but one small class of people but they are neatly contrived, and few are without a shrewd portrait or a welcome touch of irony.

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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 36, 12 February 1938, Page 26

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ALEC WAUGH'S STORIES Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 36, 12 February 1938, Page 26

ALEC WAUGH'S STORIES Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 36, 12 February 1938, Page 26