6 SEPTEMBER 1930, Page 24

On the Trail, by Frank Harris (The Bodley Head, 75.

6d.) Is one of the very few accounts of life in the "Wild West" which are absolutely reliable ; for the author is the famous Shakespearian scholar, the author of the Contemporary Portraits, the biographer of Wilde. "Sandhog," hotel clerk, and cowboy, Mr. Harris was for some months the companion of" Wild Bill" Hickock, whose skill with a gun does not seem to have been exaggerated in Hollywood. He was chased by Indians, once blockaded, and raided cattle over the Mexican border. There is no need to praise the brilliance and clarity of the writing. The abrupt ending to this book makes us hope that we may be given more of these memories.