3 FEBRUARY 1923, Page 23

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It is rather a pity that Miss Friedlaender's essays should be cast hi so definite and formal a mould. They nearly all begin with an aphoristic saying. They build up, pleasantly enough, a rather elaborate superstructure upon a simple idea. The net effect of the book is of something a little forced and mechanical, but if we look a little closer we see that it is not the substance that is mechanical, only the mode of expression. Miss Friedlaender's actual thoughts are pleasantly fresh and informal. One of the essays on " Readers " is based upon an article written in the Spectator by the present reviewer on the subject of journalism.