24 MAY 1924, Page 22

DARE'S GIFT, and other Stories. By Ellen Glasgow. (John Murray.

7s. 6d. not.) These stories, which deal with supernatural, or rather supernormal events, differ from others of their kind inasmuch as they atttmpt to illustrate the effect left on material sur- roundings by a crisis of overpowering emotion. While the reader will find certain of the studies hard to credit—for instance, the possibility of a legacy of treachery in the story of Dare's Gift—the whole collection will tend to start his mind on a path of not unpleasant speculation. As usual with Miss Glasgow's work she contrives to suggest in her back- ground much of the delicate charm of Old Virginia.