Longmans Miscellany : No. 1. (Longmans. 7s. 6d.)
PUBLISHED by Longmans in Calcutta, this miscellany has the two- fold purpose of increasing the supply of good reading available in India, and of increasing the opportunities for publication for writers permanently or temporarily in that country. The English contributions—poems by George Sigerson, William Buchan, Graham Cherry, B. W. Cave-Browne-Cave ; stories by Douglas Harding, E. M. R. Lewis, Jack Codd ; Sidney Ralli's " Reflections of Isfahan," Stuart Ray's article on Augustus John—reveal the same kind of interests and approach as may be met with in the many miscel- lanies published over here. Of greater interest to the home reader are the writings by Indians. These included some observations of real insight on Eliot's " Portrait of a Lady," by Itrat-Husain Zuberi ; " Tendencies of Modern Bengali Poetry," by Abu Sayeed Ayyub, with some translations of the works mentioned ; an appre- ciation of the painting of Jamini Roy, with illustrations. Eliot's poetry and criticism are seen as a strong, and fertilising, influence on Indian letters, his insistence on tradition harmonising with the writers' wish to integrate their work with their native poetry and art.
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