A pEAKLAND FAGGOT. The Collected Short Stories of R. Murray
Gilchrist. With a Preface by Eden Phillpotts. (Faber and Gwyer. 88. 6d. net.)-Mr. Eden Phillpotts in his intro- duction criticizes this collection with much more truth and poignancy than is possible in these short notes. Although the studies were, no doubt, some of them written after 1900, yet the whole feeling of the book is that of the nineteenth century. In some ways a comparison with Miss Mitford's Our Village will occur to the reader, though these sketches are far more robust than Miss Mitford's peaceful and idyllic prose. The first story of all, "A Strolling Player," is one of the most successful and gives the same quality of pleasure as that for which a miniature is valued. Lovers of literature will find delightful reading in this book, but to enjoy the full flavour the stories should not be consumed at one long draught, but sipped sketch by sketch.
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