3 SEPTEMBER 1927, Page 20

The cult of Adam Lindsay Gordon grows with the passing

of years. " How we beat the Favourite " must have been recited a million times, and there are boys over all the English- speaking world whose pulses quicken at " The Lay of the Last Charger." Many a man " be he stableman or lord " loves the crack of stock whips and the thunder of hoofs in Gordon's virile verses. We are grateful therefore to Mr. Lionel Edwards, who has supplied eight charming colour illustrations to The Sporting Verse of Adam Lindsay Gordon, and to Messrs. Constable for publishing it at the reasonable price of 14s. A good present for a sportsman, whether in his teens, his prime,

or his old age. * * * *