ENTERTAINING NOVEL
ANOTHER WEEKES BOOK The popular authors A. R. and R. K. Weekes have again combined in producing a novel which makes entertaining reading, though it does not in any way come up to the standard of "Tenth* of September," reviewed in these columns some time ago. It concerns Sir Esher Delamain and his two sons. Lacy Smith, who had been brought up by his mother, a dressmaker in London, had no idea of his real parentage until she sent him to Delamains to try for the position of local schoolmaster. Here he meets his father, and a strong affection immediately springs up between the two. Richard Delamain, heir to Sir Esher, engaged to Maria Vernon, ii 3 a misfit in his father's house; and when Sir Esher discovers who Smith is, he decides to receive him as his secretary, giving out that he is a connection of the family. Richard goes off without a penny, glad to break away from home. The family quarrel is not patched up until the end of the book, when Richard has met with a family much more to his taste than his own. Laura Grey, earning her living as a housemaid in the Prideaux establishment, is a noble and self-sacrificing character, and the story overshadowing her life is a very sensational one. When Richard comes to London, penniless and starving, the Grey family rescue him from the streets and care for him. Finally he gets a position as chauffetir with the Prideaux, falls in love with Laura and decides to marry her • when he comes into the estate to which he refuses to return while his father and Lacy "Smith" aro there. Dramatic and highly improbable as is the plot, the authors know how to unfold it with skill, and the end of the book is as great a surprise as are the many other turns into unexpected paths along which the reader is led. The whole tone of the story is thoroughly healthy and can be read and enjoyed by those seeking recreation.
" A Brother for Richard," by A. R. and R. K. Weekes. (Ward Lock and Co.).
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22356, 29 February 1936, Page 9 (Supplement)
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357ENTERTAINING NOVEL New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22356, 29 February 1936, Page 9 (Supplement)
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