Few authors have a shrewder idea than Mr. P. G. WODEHOUSE of what the British and American public want in the way of humour, and I do not know anyone more determined to supply their requirements. He would be a dull fellow indeed who did not appreciate the high spirits and humorous situations to be found in _A Damsel in Distress_ (JENKINS). It is no small feat to maintain a riot of irresponsible fun for more than three hundred pages, but Mr. WODEHOUSE gets going at once, and keeps up the pace to the end without even a pause to get his second wind. If some of the characters--a ridiculous peer, his more ridiculous sister and his most ridiculous butler--are of the "stock" variety, Mr. WODEHOUSE'S way of treating them is always fresh and amusing. But in his next frolic I beseech him to give golf and its tiresome lingo a complete rest. * * * * * [Illustration: _Customer._ "MAY I LOOK AT THAT TWELVE-GUINEA SUIT IN THE WINDOW? (_Catching sight of ticket_) GOOD GRACIOUS! IT'S TWELVE POUNDS THIRTEEN NOW." _Tailor._ "YESSIR--A BRIGHT LITTLE NOTION OF OURS, IF I MAY SAY SO. A TICKER ATTACHED, LIKE THOSE THINGS IN THE TAXICABS, TO KEEP THE PRICE UP-TO-DATE."] * * * * * "Straying.--Wm. ----, for allowing three houses to stray on the highway, was fined 20s."--_Local Paper._ In these days landlords cannot be too careful. * * * * * Transcriber's Note: Errata: Page 6: 'particlarly' corrected to 'particularly'. ["... makes her verses particularly susceptible to quotation."]