24 MAY 1946, Page 22

Peer Gynt. By Henrik Ibsen. English version by Norman Cansbury.

(Hammond, Hammond & Co. 8s. 6d.)

Ti-us new translation of Ibsen's poetic drama is illustrated by John Vickers' photographs of the Old Vic company's production of i944, which was based on it. The translation is in unrhymed verse which moves smoothly and avoids the usual pitfalls of short lines, jerkiness on the one hand and an unduly quick flow on the other.