"GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE 1 " By A. J. Alan. (Hutchinson.
8s. 8d.)—All owners of wireless sets will • be familiar with Mr. A. J. Alan. He is the lineal descendant of the story-teller of the Arabian market-place, although by the exigencies of his craft he is not vouchsafed a long space of time in which to develop his plot, having to compress his sketches into a brief fifteen or twenty minutes. "The Voice" and "My Adventure in Jermyn Street" are the most intriguing of the stories, to all of which he gives a quaint turn which is obviously as diverting to the reader as it is to the listener-in. Sonietimes, of course,-the brevity of the little papers becomes rather irritating, for no sooner have we begun to be interested in one sketch than the development of the theme is stopped and it comes to a—sometimes inconclusive—end. Yet we can welcome the book, for its
matter has given pleasure to millions: "
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