After a silence of something like a couple of years, " Lucas Malet," the daughter of Charles Kingsley, and widow of the Rev. William Harrison, rector of beautiful Clovelly, has given the world another book. It is nearly thirty years since this clever novelist, after an education at the Slade and University College, London, first made a hit with " Colonel Enderby's Wife." Perhaps the most dicussed of her books, however, is " The History of Sir Richard Calmady." Shortly after its appearance in 1901, " Lucas Malet " joined the Roman Catholic Church, and in subsequent editions she deleted numerous pages - a fact due to conscientious scruples. For years she lived close by the Carmelite Church, Kensington, which is so frequently mentioned in her book, " The Far Horizon." Indifferent health has prevented " Lucas Malet " from increasing her literary output, for there are months when she is unable to take up her pen. She lives at a charming house at Eversley, in Hampshire, and occupies her leisure time in driving and gardening. Her chief recreation, however, is travelling, especially by sea, and she has a wide knowledge of Europe, America, and India.

" Lucas Malet" Elliott & Fry