27 OCTOBER 1923, Page 26

LOVE LETTERS TO A DEAD WOMAN. By H. D. Harben.

(Chatto and Windus. 6s. net.) It seems strange that nowadays someone should venture on the difficult technique of telling a story by means of a series of letters without better technical equipment than Mr. Harben exhibits. The characters would have appeared modern in 1903 perhaps ; but even then the style would have appeared unnatural and antiquated : " Do you remember that day ? I said . . . you said . . . and then he said . . . and you did . . . and they said . . . but, of course, you remember ! " Nor is the story particularly interesting when you get it. THROUGH THE WHEAT. By Thomas Boyd. (Charles