THE WOULD SET FREE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19061, 4 July 1925, Page 4 (Supplement)

THE WOULD SET FREE.

WHEN ANYONE MAY FLY. A new novel by Compton Mackenzie is always an event in the world of fiction, but as Coral (Cassell,) is a sequel story to his famous Carnival, it is sure of a welcome. Compton Mackenzie is always versatile, and although there is a purpose iri his plot and incidents, his characters say vital and interesting ihings. The new chauffeur is talking to Coral: "When a'fellow in Camberwell can iv t" himself on a Saturday afternoon that he'll spend the week-end in Egypt; when a fellow can fly there himself—yes, strap a pair of wings on himself and fly from Camberwell to Egypt in six hours—" "Ah, when!" Coral agreed with a smile. " And perhaps the day isn't as far off as you think. Yes, that'll cure conservatism and war and tariffs and all the other rotten old has-beens that's keeping 11s back. These old ruins round here you want me to take an interest in don t hurt nobodv. They're harmless, really, even if they are has-beens. But the ruins of thought aren't harmless. And it's thejn we have got, to clear out of the way. You think of what tho push-bike did for women and poor people. Why, it set them free. And the push-bike wasn't much in the way of speed. \ou think what it'll mean when anybody can fly like a pigeon. Why, the whole world will I,n Set free."