12 DECEMBER 1914, Page 27

Admirers of the distinguished work of M. Maurice Maeter- linck

will welcome a new volume of his essays on occult subjects, The Unknown Guest, ably translated by Mr. A. Teixeira de Mattos (Methuen and Co., 5s. net). It deals with phan- tasms of the living, the uncannily intelligent Elberfeld horses, and similar matters.-Those who wish fora short cut to the knowledge of " the Belgian Shakespeare " will find it in Miss Una Taylor's conscientious study of Maurice Maeterlinck (Martin Seeker, 7s. 6d. net).-The Girl who Found the Blue Bird is an interesting, account of Helen Keller, the celebrated deaf, dumb, and blind girl, by Mme. Maurice Maeterlinck (Hodder and Stoughton, 5s. net).