15 SEPTEMBER 1928, Page 28

THE LOVE NEST. By Ring Lardner. (Philip Allan. 7s. 6d.)—The

late Ring Lardner won great popularity in the United States, where he would seem to rank almost with 0. Henry. English readers may not find the liberties which he takes with the " Anglo-American language " quite so " deli- cious " as the publishers represent them. But these short stories have a compressed vigour of humour and characteriz- ation that cannot be denied. They are full of cynical pene- tration into human foibles and vanities.