1 JANUARY 1927, Page 21

Can anything more be said of Mr. Albert Bret:knock's Byron

(Palmer, 12s. 6d.) than that it is eminently fitted to adorn a drawing-room table ? " Byron may have had blemishes in his character," but parts of him were excellent, and parts " will not bear the light of day." These last don't come to light here—indeed, nothing of importance does come to light.