29 MARCH 1924, page 18

A Gentle Victorian.

Corincriotsrs of modern letters can at their best make a double appeal. They arc the most human and companionable of biographies, drawing us by countless unpretentious threads......

Books.

THIS WEEK'S BOOKS. MEssas. T. FISHER UNWIN tell us that in Poincare Mr. Sisley Huddleston states the case for and against the French occupa- tion of the Ruhr so cleverly and so......

Proteus Cut In Two.

Tolstoy and Modern Consciousness. By Janko Lavrin. (Collins. 6s. net.) MODERN criticism is a game easy to play. Mr. Janko Lavrin plays very well : he keeps all the rules, he is......