7 AUGUST 1926, page 22

Modes And Moods

Confessio Juvenis : Collected Poems. By Richard Hughes. (Matto and Wincing. 6s.) Ala. ADrOcies muse, if it cannot boast great originality, has those qualities of spontaneity,......

The Magazines

THE August Nineteenth Century opens appropriately with an article on " Playing Fields," by Sir H. Perry Robinson. The physical unfitness of our urban populations is, he argues,......

Home Truths From America

Britain's Economic Plight. By Frank Plachy, (Berm. 7s. 6d.) THERE is a certain attitude of mind, unworthy of this country, that resents informed criticism from foreign sources,......