29 JUNE 1929, Page 32

THE CALL OF THE ISLAND. - By Charles L. Warr.

(Robert Grant. 7s. 6d.)—Here we have a book of Celtic ghost stories ; some are a little horrible but none are alarming enough to rob even the most nervous of their sleep. " The Death Music " is the most curdling, and " The Lady of Laggan," which tells of a ghostly lady who follows one of her descendants to Switzerland, is the most convincing. The value of the book does not lie in its stories, however, but in its descriptions of Celtic folk-lore and understanding of the mysticism that is in all Celtic people. It is written in a pleasant old-fashioned style, and should make a par- ticular appeal to Scottish readers.