12 MAY 1923, page 18

English Diaries.*

" L'homme qui a le temps d'ecrire un journal intime nous parait tie pas avoir suffisamment compris combien le monde est vaste." —RENAN, Fealties Ditachtes. MR. ARTHUR PONSONBY......

The Cinema.

AN OUTBURST. DRAMATIC cities are an unhappy tribe.. Howevcr hopefully they may begin their careers, under present conditions they seem doomed to a life of foiled waiting and......

Books.

THIS WEEK'S BOOKS. THE spring torrent of literature continues unabated. The two books of most general interest this week are, perhaps, a translation of M. Viviani's book about......

(the Usual "recreations Of London" Will Be Found On P.

816.)......