A BOOK OF HUMOUR
"The .Recbrds ;of Reggie." By A. A. Thomson', London: . Herbert Jenkins. The late Mr. Herbert Jenkins had a Way of discovering new humorists! He hmseli created the original Bindle, the furniture-removing man. He has seemingly left' behind him in the firm that bears_ his name the methods that guidedhim in his section of truly humorous writers. Mr. Thomson is one of them. There is notliinc; very subtle, not mucli that is witty, in "The Records of Reggie" but it is a very laughable book, am! a certain antidote .to weariness on a Inn;* train journey and. possibly an excellent book to give to. an invalid with ' long and painful liours to get through. There is a good deal of light comedy; not to say swift farce, about the book which should ensure for it a welcome reception wherever, it goes.
■ Overheard; in':a'a Charing, Cross-road bookshop:— ';■■ i'.'U\ '.'. . Customer:'; Do'-you mind-'chanfring this book, "Tartarin sur les Alpes"? Shopman: What's ,wron?'with it?. Customer: I find it's a tale by a cliap named Daudet. I thought'it was' goincc to be .a .French* edition of VTarzau of the Apes." ' !
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 16, 19 January 1924, Page 17
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188A BOOK OF HUMOUR Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 16, 19 January 1924, Page 17
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