4 NOVEMBER 1932, Page 36

• DEA'TH AND THE LOVER. By Hermann Hesse. (Jarrolds.

6d.)—Herr Hesse's novel has excellent things in it, notably the descriptions of life in a mediaeval monastery. There, his lack of humour does not matter ; but when he comes to pursue Goldrnund's innumerable love affairs, the effect he obtains is not what he intended.