28 MAY 1921, page 21

Poems Worthy Of Consideration.—tht Fires Of Baal. By...

(Maunsel and Roberts. 3s. 6d.)—A narrative poem in blank verse. "The secret golden coils of labyrinthine palaces" is a typical phrase. Mr. Clarke neither rises to the sublime......

The Royal Insurance Company Has Published A Revised...

its well-known and useful little publication, The Rides of Golf, which may be had free at the company's offices. A supplement explains the main differences between the pre- war......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequerd review.1 Journal of the Parliaments of the Empire. Vol. II., No. 2. (Empire Parliamentary Association,......

Readable Novels.—the Cotton Broker. By John Owen. (hodder...

8s. 6d. net.)—A vigorous character study. The cotton background is vividly and romantically contrived, but the real interest of the book centres in the inter- acting......

Poets And Poetry.

THE DEATH OF ORPHEUS.* MR. HOUSMAN'S The Death of Orpheus shows, unlike most poetic dramas, a good deal of dramatic sense. The theme of it is the enmity felt by a rout of......

Main Street. By Sinclair Lewis. (hodder And Stoughton....

net.)—The story of a city girl's struggle to adapt herself to the conditions of life as the wife of a doctor in a small town- ship in the Middle West. The author's detailed......

Chronos : A Handbook Of Comparative Chronology. By R. J.

Hart. (Bell. 7s. 6d. net.)—We are glad to see a new and revised edition of this excellent book by the late Mrs. Hart. It is modestly described as "Chronological Notes in......

Fiction.

THE PLUNGE.* MANY of us are subject to the infirmity of indulging in day dreams in which we assign to ourselves heroic rotes. Alphonse Daudet in one of his novels introduces a......