25 AUGUST 1923, Page 22

Hints on How to Punctuate. By David Frew. (Blaekie and

Son. 2s. net.) Mr. Frew is quite sane on the subject of punctuation. We say this because there are persons who are certainly insane about it. Some of them punctuate their writings with an unnecessary litter of symbols and others proudly dispense with punctuation almost entirely—at the cost of lucidity. Mr. Frew's principle is the right one, that you want just enough punctuation to make yourself perfectly clear. He gives examples for the use of every symbol, and anyone who wants the elements of the matter will find them here.