3 OCTOBER 1925, Page 39

THESE short stories of the East Anglian countryside are written

with an ingenious economy and in a polished style that are worthy of the highest praise. But if its village life is so corrupt and immoral as Miss Power. would lead us to believe, Suffolk must have forfeited its right to the ancient title of " Silly" (i.e., "Holy ") Suffolk. It is a pity that a writer with such rare gifts should fall into the error of _supposing that realism implies seeing the evil and overlooking

the good. _