25 APRIL 1931, Page 24

THE TRAVEL TALES OF MR. JOSEPH JORKENS. By Lord Dunsany.

(Putnam. 7s. 6d.)-..-Jorkens, a slyer, subtler, exquisitely disarming Munchausen, who will pitch any yarn for a drink, is a great comic character. His incredible stories are fired by flashes of pure poetry and must be read to be disbelieved. - - - - -