2 DECEMBER 1922, Page 24

LEIF AND THORKEL. By Genevra Snedden. (Harrap. 5s.) Leif and

Thorkel is a story about Norse boys in the year 1000. The language is picturesque. The ships and the feasts are well described, and really appear before the mind's eye. The boys and their relations are absolutely lifeless and characterless.