23 OCTOBER 1926, Page 36

As an example of everyday logic, the following argument of

the hero -(or perhaps Christopher Robin is really the hero) of Mr. A. A. Milne's delightful Winnie-the-Pooh (Methuen, •• 7S. 6d. net) may be carefully studied :-" ' And if anyone knows anything about anything,' said Bear to himself, ' it's Owl who knows something about something,' he said, ' or my name's not Winnie-the-Pooh,' he said. ' Which it he added. ` So there you are.' " * * * *