17 APRIL 1920, page 20

The -philosophy Of Speech.*

IF the reader has got into the habit of making marks, derisive or appreciative, in the margins of the books he reads, he will probably- find that his copy of The Philosophy of......

Springtime, And Other, Essays.* In Sir Francis Darwin's...

other Essays there is a delightful review of Lady Holland's memoir of Sydney Smith. In a letter to Mrs. Meynell in 1810 Sydney Smith wrote :- " The usual establishment for an......

Fiction.

THE CLINTONS AND OTHERS.* Ma. ARCHIBALD MARSHALL'S leisurely methods do not always lend themselves to the short story, and " Audacious Ann," which occupies just one-third of......