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Herbert Jenkins' New Popular Novels 3/6 net.
1	THE INIMITABLE JEEVES By P.G. Wodehouse. When either Bertie Wooster or his friends found themselves either in the soup or in dangerous proximity to the tureen, the instinct of one and all was to turn to Jeeves—Bertie's man. He understood human nature, especially that of gilded youth. It did not matter if the hope of an ancient house had fallen in love with a waitress, or if Bertie's cousins Claude and Eustace had been playing dido, Jeeves never failed. His was a sound brain. In this volume are told some of Jeeves's more remarkable achievements.
2	THE MILLION DOLLAR DIAMOND By J. S. Fletcher, author of The Markenmore Mystery. Daniel Vandamarke, the South African millionaire, possessed an extraordinary diamond, and was simple enough to let people know he carried it in his waistcoat pocket. The inevitable happens, and the reader is plunged into the excitements of a modern kidnapping, with its attendant romantic adventures. But the vital point of the story is its secret, which is kept from all the actors, except one, and in such a fashion that the revealing of it comes as a surprise where laughter lurks. This is one of those stories in which movement, quick and dramatic, begins at once and never stops.
3	MRS. 'ARRIS By Clifford Poultney. The diverting ups and downs of a cockney housewife, who knows what's what and refuses to be put upon. Her neighbours, relatives and friends learn to respect her, if only because she has a biting tongue. She is a cockney of cockneys, wise in the ways of her class, and she is not blind to her own "attractions." Already Mrs. 'Arris is known to millions of readers. She is a celebrity.