17 JULY 1920, Page 22

Side Issues. By Jeffery E. Jeffery. (Leonard Parsons. 6s. net.)—This

is not so much a book of short stories as a series of sketches conveying the author's reflections on post-war con- ditions. The first sketch, which is an account of the services of a French woman to the wounded in 1914, is excellent reading, and much more interesting than the Socialistic views and opinions for the conveyance of which the remaining pages are the medium. These show no constructive plan for the future. They merely aim at destroying the present state of society.