20 JULY 1929, page 40

Fiction

Possessors and Possessed The Ten Foot Square Hut and Tales of the Heike. Translated A NEW recruit has joined the school of dissecting- room novelists who show us souls as......

Sensible Cooking

Feeding the Family. By Leonora Lyles. (Cayme Press. 4s. 6d.) " To evolve a perfect meal is most exciting. It is a supreme work of art, and while there may be many opinions on......

Little C1esar. By W. R. Burnett. (cape. 7s. 6d.)— Mr.

Burnett is concerned with the " bohunks, " hijackers," " wops," " yaps," and other representatives of the Chicago underworld. Fortunately, for readers whose knowledge of......

General Knowledge Questions .

OUR weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to Mr. A. M. Hyartison, Government of Palestine, Immigration and Travel Section,......

Taking Chances. By M. J. Farrell. (elkin Mathews And Marot.

7s. 6d.)—This is a disappointing successor to Young Entry. Conventionality of plot impedes the develop- ment of the characters. We are introduced to an Irish house party on the......