27 DECEMBER 1930, Page 28

Mr. Britten Austin's To-morrow (Eyre and Spottiswoode, 10s. 6d.) is

a series of twelve stories originally published under the title of " Toward the Millennium." Are we really progressing anywhere ? the author asks us. " Haply, the meteor which is to resolve this orb once more into inean- descant gas is already rushing towards the mathematically predestined collision." These things we cannot know, but the reader is quickly aware of the fact that Mr. Austin has a vigorous style, without much subtlety, perhaps, but strong and compact.

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