16 JULY 1927, Page 24

THE HEROINE. By Eaton Stannard Barrett. (Elkin Mathews and Marrot.

7s. 6d. net.)—To people who do not like satire Mr. Sadleir's introduction to The Heroine, a novel of 1815, may seem the best part of the volume. The main story is a satire on the novels of 1815 and will be enjoyed by those who are conversant with the works of the authors of that day. One feels the extraordinary superiority of Jane Austen to her contemporaries.