12 FEBRUARY 1927, Page 20

The last two volumes of the Wells Thin Paper edition

(Bern), 3s. 6d. cloth) are In the Days of the Cornet and Twelve Stories and a Dream:. A pocket Wells such as this is a-source of instruction and delight. In the Days of the Comet, which we reread slowly and attentively during a tiresome train journey, is an amazingly clever story. When Mr. Wells works with a line brush he can do exquisite miniatures, yet (genius that !le- is) his terrene cataclysms are equally well drawn.