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Fiction

" Arch of Triumph." By Erich Maria Remarque. Translated by Walter Sorel and Denver Lindsey. (Hutchinson. 10s. 6d.) " Marguerite Reilly." By Elizabeth Lake. (Pilot Press. 10s.......

Nobody Reading Grimm's Stories Au Nu Can Claim That They

will all be pleasing to a child, say, of seven or eight. Modified and adorned versions are pleasing ; but the originals, gathered from past ages of violence, are ferocious,......

Shorter Notices

Guttersnipe. By Sam Shaw. (Sampson Low. 12s. 6d.) THE author of this autobiography began life in one of the poorest quarters of Birmingham ; at the age of ten tramped to London......

This Is An Admirable New Art Series. The Subjects Are

well chosen and the introductions provide just the right amount of information and critical comment. What gives distinction to these books is the delightful format, the good......

This Large Volume, Well Produced And Well Indexed But...

oddly titled, is a biography of Isaac Butt, the spirited Unionist and Protestant proselytiser of the eighteen-forties and fifties in Ireland who, by 1867, the Fenians' great......