Readable Novels.—sweet Aloes. By Elizabeth Stirling....
net.)—An Anglo-Indian story in which the heroine is an attractive figure.—Behind Bed Curtains. By Mansfield Scott. (Nash. 7s. 6d. net.)—An autobiographical story told by an......
Three Plays.* The Abbey Theatre Has Always Had At Least
one merit. It has been a fount whence have welled an enormous number both of plays and productions. "How pleasant to know Mr. Lear, Who has written such masses of stuff!" That......
Some Books Of The Week.
',Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.) The London Mercury for September has a charming little poem, never before printed, by R. L. Stevenson.......
The Landmark, The Monthly Magazine Issued By The English...
Union at Trafalgar Buildings, Charing Cross (2s. net), has made its September issue a very attractive " Pilgrims' Tercentenary Number." Lord Charnwood pays tribute to the......
Fiction.
PENNY PLAIN.* Miss Dotrous's new book in two ways partakes of a quality little short of the miraculous. It is a post-war story without a trace of war-weariness or bitterness ;......
Poets And Poetry.
A BOOK OF COUNTRY POETRY.? Ma. BLmcDEN seems so far—the present volume is, we believe, his first—to bo one of those poets who succeed largely by reason • Penny Plain. By 0.......