19 APRIL 1919, Page 22

We have received the first quarterly number of a new

series of the Canadian Bookman, edited by Mr. B. K. Sandwell (Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Garden City Press, 50 cents). It is a very attractive magazine. Twelve prominent Canadians contribute brief articles on " The Need for More Bookishness in Canada " ; we question whether Canadians are more indifferent to good literature than other English-speaking people, though it may be that books are not so easily bought in Canada as in London or in New York. Mr. Stephen Leacock contributes a whimsical article, on " The Book Agent," whom he professes to regard in the light of a missionary to the heathen.