22 JANUARY 1927, Page 28

• Europe and America, was originally published ten years and

is now first translated into English. It takes the form of series of rambling notes and reflections by Serafino Gubbio, cinematograph operator, whose role it is to be an imp • turner of the handle, himself having no share in the life w his machine registers. Running through the book is a St of love and revenge, and perhaps the most striking feature -its pages is the contrast between two tigresses—a real ti and a human one in the person of a " star ' film actress. the author should draw the comparison in favour of the tigress—the only natural player in an artificial drama characteristic of his cynical irony, which is relieved, howe by flashes of astute and constructive criticism of life.