MISCELLANEOUS 



WOMEN AND CHILDREN, by Hugh de 

 Selincourt. Crown 8vo, 8/6 net. 



This is a novel which, while primarily a work of art, should be 

 of absorbing interest to all who realise the inestimable importance 

 of sexual psychology, and the value of a proper and enlightened 

 education in sexual matters. The chief characters in u Women 

 and Children" have not had the privilege of such education, and 

 the lack comes near to wrecking their lives. In the heroine, 

 a distinguished feminist and a " welfare " inspector during the 

 war, the lack is overcome by courage, humour, and the maternal 

 instinct. In the Dwarf, her friend, it has meant a solitary life, 

 and for a time threatens to wreck his friendship for her ; but she 

 is able to restore his sanity by a gesture beautiful in its courageous 

 generosity. In her lover, Hubert Bonner, cast up by the war, a 

 " shell-shock " sufferer at a loose end, it means clumsiness in 

 approaching women, diffidence, shame and irritability. The 

 rehabilitated Dwarf, however, brings the lovers together after a 

 misunderstanding that is nearly final, and so leaves the three of 

 them planning a school on new lines. As a foil to these three 

 victims of Victorian prudery we have a family of "simple lifers." 

 Mr. de Selincourt thinks courageously and writes with distinction 

 and an unusual sensitiveness to obscure but significant moods. The 

 book contains some notable scenes and should not be missed by 

 any amateur of modern fiction. 



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