Selected Stories and Verses. By Walter de la Mare. (Puffin
Books. 2s. 6d.) OF Walter de la Mare some is never enough, though a good deal better than none. So children with half-a-crown to spend and grown-ups who want to spend half-a-crown on a child would both do very well to buy the Selected Stories and Verses just pub- lished by Puffin. They will find" The Song of the Mad Prince " and "The Isle of Lone ;" they will find "The Dutch Cheese" and "The Old Lion" and a good deal more beside. And if they should then want, as they surely will, still more and more and more, there's nothing to stop them saving the next few half-crowns till there's enough for, say, Peacock Pie or Bells and Grass, while still keeping this magical little selection for slipping into the pocket and reading on
heaths and holidays. M. L.
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