17 NOVEMBER 1923, Page 37

IN A GLASS DARKLY. By J. Sheridan Le Fanu. (Nash

and Grayson. 78. 63.) This is a reprint of short stories purporting to be taken from a doctor's notebook. The writer was a famous novelist who died some fifty odd years ago. The stories deal with supernatural occurrences, hallucinations, etc. They have psychological bearings and will make the reader exclaim : "There is nothing new ! " Perhaps he may add : "The old is better," for they contain more thrill and interest than most of such stories in the present day. We can find in the book no indication that they are reprints.