6 JANUARY 1923, Page 33

THE DICKENSIAN. (Cecil Palmer. ls. net.) The continued existence of

the magazine, which Mr. B. W. Matz edits with skill and enthusiasm for the Dickens Fellow- ship, is in itself a proof of the abiding popularity of Charles Dickens. There is no other English writer, not even Shakespeare, who can boast of a quarterly devoted solely to his books. The Dickensian is now in its nineteenth year and the January number is full of interesting matter. Attention is drawn to the purchase of the freehold of Dickens's house, 48 Doughty Street, where the Fellowship hopes to establish a Dickens Library and Museum.