11 DECEMBER 1926, Page 30

IRONICAL TALES. By Laurence Housman. (Cape. Os.)- Mr. Laurence Housman's

Ironical Tales are all very short parables rather in the manner of those in the Arabian Nights. To read one at a time they are pointed, a little dry, and skilfully turned. But as a volume to read consecutively it must be admitted these tales weary very quickly.