23 FEBRUARY 1945, page 20

Fiction

The Promise. By Pearl S. Buck. (Methuen. 8s. 6d.) The Journal of Madame Giovanni. By Atexandre Dumas. Trans-, lated by Marguerite E. Wilbur. (Hammond. 12s. 6d.) THE publishers......

"over The Hill—"

How many readers have speculated on the future of the novel as a literary form? It has certainly had a good run. Yet, in prose, we have the essay form, the biography, the......