7 NOVEMBER 1931, Page 36

The Dublin Magazine goes from strength to strength. The October-December

number justly gives pride of place to an article by W. B. Yeats, entitled " The Words upon the Window Pane," in which he discusses various aspects of the character of Swift. No one interested in Swift should miss this article. Padraic Colum writes fully of the career of Roger Casement. " In the life of Roger Casement, with its contrasts, adventures, and startling confrontations, there is more dramatic material than in that of any other outstanding man of our time." Mr. Colum has missed none of the drama. French literature is represented in a translation from M. Roger Chauvire and a critical article by Vincent O'Sullivan. There are poems by Patrick Kavanagh, R. L. Megroz, Samuel Beckett, and Geoffrey Johnson : and numerous book reviews.