5 DECEMBER 1925, Page 47

• OTHER NOVELS .

• Suburb. By Allan Monkhousc. (A. H. Philpott, Ltd. Ss. tet.)—Brilliant and delightful short stories. Many of them handle whimsically the little absurdities of everyday life; but the first and last stories called "Fancy Dress " and " The Unknown Man" are -beautifully restrained in their note of tragedy.