12 APRIL 1924, page 22

The Contemporary.

Lord Meston, one of the few experienced Anglo-Indian officials who favoured Mr. Montagu's scheme of dyarchy, has begun to have misgivings, and expresses them in a notable......

Blackwood.

Fiction and travel sketches, very good of their kind, fill most of the month's issue. Captain Pitman's paper on crocodile-shooting in India is of interest, and Mr. David Hannay......

Shorter Notices.

Lord Long's volume of reminiscences is like his own politcal reputation—straightforward, simple and trustworthy. " The great fact which is ever present to my mind," he says, "......

Empire Review.

Mr. E. V. Knox and Mr. E. V. Lucas contribute a mock Ode on the Wembley Exhibition. It is very good fun and, unlike most mockery, will help instead of hurting. Mr. Austen......

The Trefoil. By A. C. Benson, (murray, 12s. Net.)

Mr. Benson's narrative has all the mellow quiet of an autumnat Sunday afternoon in the country. It tells what he can remember of the three phases of his father's life that led......

The National Review.

Mr. L. S. Amery, who last month lamented the loss of our industrial supremacy, now shows how we may regain more than we- are supposed to have lost, by developing the ire as a......

Reminiscences. By A. H. Sayre. (macmillan. 18s. Net.) Dr....

work as an archaeologist is well known and respected, and in this book he shows himself in lighter vein— witty, gently reminiscent and anecdotal. He reveals the story of his......

The London Mercury.

The article by Prince D. S. Mirsky on " Byron" makes the April number of the Mercury notable. It is vigorous and decided : but its chief interest is in the contrast between......