27 AUGUST 1927, page 22

A Critic Of Critics Criticized " No, Thanks," Said I

to the Assistant Editor. " Not Guedalla. I've met him " : and by next post, of course, the book came. I sighed and read the first essay. Nothing to it. Just as. I'd thought.......

A German Epic

The Magic Mountain. By Thomas Mann. Translated by H. T. Lowe-Porter. (Martin Seeker. Two vols. 18s.) HERE are 900 pages of close reading. Not one sentence of thi s vast corpus......

Wood Warblers

Midsummer Night and Other Poems. By lanthe Jerrold. (Bonn. Is.) THE chief interest in this first book lies, of bourse, in Mr. Edward Garnett's introduction. The genius of Edward......