18 JULY 1925, Page 20

Perhaps Signor Benedetto Croce is at his best when he

is most' discursive : certainly The Conduct of Life (Harrap) is every- where stimulating and refreshing. Another reason why these essays seem to have an especial grace and lightness is doubtless that Signor Croce has found in Mr. Arthur Livingstone a translator happy in phrase and well able to reproduce the paradoxes and playfulnesses of the original.