FREEDOM DECLINED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21136, 19 March 1932, Page 8 (Supplement)

FREEDOM DECLINED.

A QUESTION OF VIEWPOINT. Everyone who has longed to " throw his cap over the windmill and bo free " will read Marjorio Booth's now story with mixed feelings—with delight in a strangely gripping story that is well told and yet with a feeling of regret that it illustrates a cold truth. Perhaps it was intended to be the other side of tho picture presented by " The Good Companions." At all events the author has done what no ,one could have seen Mr. Priestly do without feeling a heart-pang.

" Caps Over the Mill " tells of the discontent and rebellion of youth against a heritago of freedom. A young man and his wife, having exchanged tho dull routine of the city for a caravan and tho open air, find in their later life that their children, brought up to a nomadic existence, long for tho settled life of the towns and the opportunities which it affords. The conflict between children and parents is handled in a convincing manner, and perhaps the majority of readers will feel that tfie children deserve to win. Irrespective of where they place their sympathies they will not rest until they have followed the course of this absorbing battle of wills to its conclusion. " Caps Over the Mill," by Marjorie Booth. (John Murray.)