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GEORGIAN STORIES, 1926. (Chapman and. Hall. 7s. 6d.)—The standard of

short stories to-day is perhaas higher than that attained in any other literary form, and this book contains an admirable collection, reprinted from various magazines or books. Mr. Martin Armstrong creates an atmosphere of acute mental and physical discomfort in " The Contessa " ; Mr. A. E. Coppard's " The Higgler is written with his usual brilliance ; " The Holiday Group," by Miss E. M. Delafield is almost too poignantly tine to be bearable, and the story by Mr. William Gerhardi is a little' Masterpiece. An excellent and representative- collection of stories.