21 JUNE 1930, Page 20

The hilarious bank staff, cheering " the man who paid

his overdraft," is indeed one of Mr. Bateman's most successful drawings, appearing in the Summer Number of Punch (1s.). There is a languorous humour about the complaint to the footman of the young lady, reclining in a bee-loud garden ; " Can't anything be done about these bees ? Too deafening I". and Fougasse's .twO coloured illustrations of " A Quiet Little Inn " will 'appeal to a large public. But the best contribution to this year's Summer Number is undoubtedly Mr. A. P. Herbert's sketch called " Cricket in Russia ; or, The Volga

Batman." - * * *