1 JUNE 1912, Page 23

The Boom in the Tower. By E. F. Benson. (Mills

and Boon.

65.)—Mr. Benson says that his amiable object in writing those stories has been to make his readers feel uncomfortable and

unwilling to look round to see what is in the corner of the room. He certainly has succeeded in this end, and the story which gives its name to the book is particularly eerie and creepy. The whole collection shows that Mr. Benson has an exceedingly ingenious imagination in weird manifestations of the supernatural.