16 FEBRUARY 1924, page 20

The Contemporary.

Mr. Masterman, discussing "The Political Situation" in an optimistic spirit, anticipates "a Parliament full of interest and energy. He foresees "a session of almost non-contro-......

Other Novels.—towards Love. By Irene Rutherford Mcleod....

deals with the Great War from the conscientious objector's point of view. The scene in the French dressing station is ghastly. So, in a different way, is the return of Michael......

Fiction.

DEFEAT. By Geoffrey Moss. (Constable. 6s.) Some months ago Major Geoffrey Moss produced a very able first novel, Sweet Pepper, which was reviewed at length in these columns. Its......

Princess Bibesco's New Book, Though Somewhat Imperfect,...

having advanced a good deal since she wrote Balloons. There is something enjoyable, as well as naive, about the atmosphere of beautiful houses, exquisite clothes and "chief......

The National. Trade And Socialism." An Indian District...

frankly in "An Inside View of India," which differs very widely from the optimistic statements of high officials, and of Mr. Montagu and his friends. He notes that, as the......

The February Magazines.

THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. The first article, by the Prime Minister of Australia, is a very pointed and concise argument for Imperial Preference from the point of view of the......