5 MAY 1939, page 32

A French Family

M. MARTIN DU GARD'S famous novel, which has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, will win many new admirers in this excellent translation. The Thibaults tells the story......

Soldier Born

Life of an Irish Soldier. Reminiscences of General Sir Alexander Godley, G.C.B., K.C.M.G. (Murray. 12$. 6d.) IN his Preface Lord Baden-Powell tells us that in this book Sir......

A Fine Anthology

Selected Writings of Thomas de Quincey. By Philip Van Doren Stem. (Nonesuch Press. Jos. 6d.) THIS large and well-selected anthology has come (none too early) to supply a felt......