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THE COMPFJ.LED HERO. By Richard Heron Wart (Gollancz. 7s. 6d.)—How

boring these adolescent bohemians " and their Montparnasse parties can be I Mr. Ward contrives to be mildly ironical, is frequently faCetious, and unblushingly gives his Irishman a stage brogue.