24 SEPTEMBER 1932, page 9

Sir Walter Scott

BY EDWIN MUIR. S COTT is one of the most perplexing figures in literature. Not that there is any difficulty in his writings : they are generally quite straightforward, and at......

The Cross-word Puzzle Habit

BY J. E. S. M OST popular crazes are short lived. And de- servedly so : for most of them have little merit but novelty, and when that has worn off there is nothing- left. So it......