20 JANUARY 1923, Page 24

ABOUT LIFE. Stories by Basil Watson (" Ensign"). (Duck-- worth.

7s. 6d. net.)—A series of very " hearty " sketches concerning such topics as soldiering, racing, boxing, shooting, ase. The stories, with one exception, are vigorous and good of their kind, and the whole book seems to smell of well- polished pigskin.