--- description: GALLIONS REACH—H. M. Tomlinson—Harper ($2.50). After he killed a man on board a boat at "Gallions Reach," part of the grey, quiet Thames that breathes near the uproarious alleys... title: Books: Gallions Reach image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) # Books: Gallions Reach by [TIME](/author/time/) Oct 10, 1927 5:00 AM CUT by [TIME](/author/time/) Oct 10, 1927 5:00 AM CUT GALLIONS REACH—H. M. Tomlinson—Harper ($2.50). After he killed a man on board a boat at “Gallions Reach,” part of the grey, quiet Thames that breathes near the uproarious alleys of Limehouse, Colet was pursued by a ghost. Through shipwreck, riding the hot ocean in a tiny open boat, even in the green griddle of the jungle, there was always a hand upon his shoulder, a voice in his ear. Finally he obeyed the whispered command and sailed home, to “Gallions Reach.” The lands and water over which Colet is driven by a sprinting remembrance are faintly reminiscent of those over which the great figures of Joseph Conrad strode. Hence Author Tomlinson, a shy, ugly, middle-aged man whose life has been in strange places, who has written this first novel, full of fine and original writing, has been unjustly called an imitator, a disciple. Books: Gallions Reach ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6766886/books-gallions-reach/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6766886/books-gallions-reach/"},"headline":"Books: Gallions Reach","datePublished":"1927-10-10T05:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-28T19:07:23.702Z","description":"GALLIONS REACH—H. M. Tomlinson—Harper ($2.50). After he killed a man on board a boat at \"Gallions Reach,\" part of the grey, quiet Thames that breathes near the uproarious alleys...","url":"https://time.com/archive/6766886/books-gallions-reach/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/author/time/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/6766886/books-gallions-reach/","name":"Books: Gallions Reach"}}]}] ```