The Winding Stair. By A. E. W. Mason. (hodder And
Stoughton. 7s. (kl. net.) Mr. A. E. W. Mason's readers will, of course, not expect from him a novel written in a very modern manner. Anti- militarists, indeed, will be deeply......
The Criterion.
With its July issue The Criterion completes its first year as a quarterly review, and Mr. T. S. Eliot is to be congratulated on an excellent undertaking admirably accomplished.......
Fantastic Realism.t The Three Stories Collected In This...
examples of the art of fantasy. They are true to a mood but not to a whole- hearted understanding of life ; at least, if they are thought to exhaust experience, life must seem a......
In Over The Footlights Mr. Stephen Leacock Has Collected...
of the very best of his work. " Roughing it in the Bush," a study of the three friends who are " tough enough to stand the hardships of living in the open," is delightful. At......
This Sea Story Is Mr. Springer's First Book, And It
is a capital piece of melodrama. The story itself is the narrative of an old sea-captain, but the author rather spoils his chances of being read and enjoyed by the casual reader......
Mr. Ford Of The Marsden Case Is Mr. Ford Madox
Hueffer. To those who have read the book this remark will not seem quite altogether unnecessary or irrelevant, as it is in this fact alone that its worth lies. The story is of a......
Dear Ann. By Elisabeth Fagan. (hutchinson. 7s. 6d. Net.) A
Society story with a clever study of a charming but disingenuous heroine. The book is slight, but will make good summer holiday reading.......
The New Magazines.
The National Review. Mr. Churchill's book on the War is criticized from two points of view. Lord Selborne politely suggests that Mr. Churchill as First Lord of the Admiralty......
The London Mercury.
This is an unusually good number of the London Mercury. Mr. Priestley's article on Maurice Hewlett has enthusiasm and conviction. Mr. Bailey's essay on Thackeray is interesting.......
Splashing Into Society. By Iris Barry. (constable. 4s. 6d. )
This is a very amusing satire on modern Mayfair, writter by a super-civilized and sophisticated adult in the manner of The Young Visiters. It has not the extraordinary direct-......
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