10 JANUARY 1925, page 16

The Stepson Of The People

TWENTY years ago Gorki enjoyed a reputation of which little more than a shadow remains. Some of it, no doubt, he owed to his politics. Nevertheless we find Tchehov, a just......

Competition

THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR " OFFERS A PRIZE OF £5 FOR AN ORIGINAL FOUR-LINE EPIGRAM ON "THE MODERN WORLD." RULES. 1. All entries must be received on or before Friday, January......

Books

THIS WEEK'S BOOKS PROBABLY the Battle of Jutland will set historians by the cars in a hundred years' time. To begin with, the Germans are quite convinced that they gained a......