18 MAY 1929, page 29

Fiction

Forms of Personality Steppenwoff. A Novel. By Hermann Hesse. Translated by Basil Creighton. (Seeker. 7s. 6d.) - Mr. Barn. By John Eyton. (ArroWsmith. 78. 6d.) THE Steppenwolf of......

Crouchback. By Carols Oman. (hodder And Stonighton. 7s....

a romance of the fifteenth. century, with Richard the Third as the central figure and his . wife, : Anne of Warwick, daughter of the "Kingmaker," as the heroine. For her......

The Curse Of Eve. By Flora Annie Steel. (bodlek Held:

7s. 6d.)--For the work of such a veteran writer, this- novel is singularly up to date.It is true that Mrs. Steel's' Underlying point is that where w - omen are concerned there......

Prevailing Winds. By . Margaret Ayer Barnes: (constable....

eight short stories of real life by an American writer. Keen observation, humour, and descriptive charm are brought to the interpretation of every- day- people and everyday......

-the Bishop Murder Case. By S. S. Van Dine.; (cassell.

7s. 6d.)—" Who Killed- Cock Robin ? " That is the question which faces Philo Vance, - the enterprising and loquacious New York amateur detective, with whose earlier: exploits......