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Current Literature

. GEORGE WASHINGTON : THE IMAGE - AND THE MAN. By W. E. Woodward. (Cape. 12s. 6d.)—The staccato jauntiness (which is, however, often amusing ) of the author's style goes......

The Twister. By Edgar Wallace. (john Long. 7s: 6d.)

Wallace is at his best in this story, but -the title is misleading, for the peculiar twist of Mr. Anthony Braid is that he invariably speaks the truth to the surprise and......

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BANS ANDERSEN THE MAN. By Elith Reumert., Translated by Jessie Brochner. (Methuen. 10s. 6d.)— This volume is an amusing complement to Andersen's tear- stained Autobiography, for......

The Best Short Stories Of 1927. No. 1.—english (with An

Irish Supplement). No. 2.—American. Edited by Edward J. - O'Brien. (Cape. 7s. 6d. per vol.)—The ancient controversy as to what constitutes a good short story never- has, and......

Claire 'and Circumstances. By E. Maria Albanesi....

Lystrand, the ward of the " socially important !? Isabel Peaslade, who has a daughter of her own,. gives people. the impression of being delicate, elusive, faery. But the "......

Strange Woman. By Elmer Davis. (methuen. 7s. 6d.)—mr....

tackles a difficult and pressing problem in his novel, Strange Woman—what is a woman to do when she has brought up her children and assisted her husband to achieve success and......

Domnei. By James Branch Cabell. (the Bodley Head. 7s;...

is the book in which James Branch Cabell, Whe, like a tree inediaeValist, can write a cantefable of parted lovers as well as a subtilized fabliau (all being part' and parcel Of......

The Two Mackenzies. By W. Pett Ridge. (methuen. 7s. 6d.)—the

two Mackenzies are twin brother and sister. Peter his been given a good education, while Florence has been kept well under " by her Aunt Charlotte, who runs a New Oxford Street......

Quarrelling With Lois. By Kathleen Freeman. (cape. 7s....

a pleasant change to read a -novel in which the sex interest is a very minor one. Love, „it is true, has its place in this record of Gregory Anwell, but the story centres around......