28 MARCH 1931, Page 38

SILHOUETTE OF MARY ANNE. By J. E. Buckrose. (Hodder and

Stoughton. 7s. 6d.)—A novel about George Eliot. Silhouette claims less than Portrait, but, even so, Miss Buckrose seems in awe of her theme, and unable to

. achieve more than a careful, honest story.