16 NOVEMBER 1929, Page 31

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In The Garden of Enchantment (Rider, 4s. 6d.) Mr. Sydney T. Klein seeks to awaken the sense of wonder in such of us as are without it or have lost it. In the world of the insects, most of which are to be found in any garden, he finds a fairyland, and his minute and careful descriptions give us also some of his enchantment. Like Thoreau he thinks everything " a discovery of his own " and some of this freshness is conveyed in his writing, though he is too fond of the word

little." This does not, however, detract greatly from the book's very considerable virtues. Mr. Klein is a delightful companion, and should be read, as he wrote, in a garden.