23 MARCH 1929, Page 40

THE SHADOW AND OTHER STORIES. By Jeff ery Farnol. (Sampson Low.

7s. 6d.)-" Aba, them was the days ! " This statement, uttered by one of Mr. Farnol's " shungullion " rogues, may be taken as representing the theme and spirit of these short tales of highwaymen and gibbets, of lonely heaths and cosy country inns. Probabilities do not exist for Mr. Farnol, and he has become the slave of an arts. ficial convention of his own. But, within his limits, he shows a lively enough fancy, and he writes with breeziness and gusto.