22 JANUARY 1927, Page 20

The Editor of the Strand Magazine gives . us gooseflesh of

surprise and admiration and horror in Stranger than Fiction (Newnes, 2s.)—" some thrills of history." Some thrills these certainly are, and every story is well told. We commend especially the tense tale of Alfieri's elopement with the charming Louise. This was an instance of love at first sight. between a middle-aged rake and a young girl, but it lasted for twenty-three years. We congratulate Mr. Greenhough Smith on a jolly book, with not a word too much in it.