3 SEPTEMBER 1910, Page 28

Regina/d in Russia, and other Sketches. By "Saki " (H.

H. Munro). (Methuen and Co. 2s. 6d. net )—Fourteen out of these fifteen sketches first appeared in the Westminster Gazette, as did an earlier volume, Reginald. They are most amusing, with a touch of cynicism in the humour, as, for instance : "You can't expect a Loy to be vicious till he's been to a good school."