Difficulties At Geneva.
Of the various factors I have enumerated foremost place must be given to the situation at Geneva and the French Crisis. Without,. however, desiring to attribute aqy omniscient......
The Happy Ghost And Other Stories. By H. H. Bashford.
(Heinemann. 7s. 6d net.)-A collection of stones gathered from many periodicals must necessarily vary widely ; and there is little in common between the hilarious wit of " Back......
Not Sufficient Evidence. By Mrs. Victor Rickard...
year we welcomed Mrs. Victor Rickard's novel Upstairs as an admirable example of the intellectual mystery story. Her present story is on these same lines, but it must be......
Finance-public And Private
BY ARTHUR. W. KIDDY. ON more than one occasion, when commenting upon the comparative stagnation of markets since the beginning of the year, I have attributed the fact to the......
Simple Annals. By Stacey W. Hyde. (noel Douglas. /s. 6d.
net.)- -The annals of the poor, even in Gray's time, were probably far from simple ; to-day they can be very com- plicated indeed. Even so, however, Mr. Hyde's heroine and hero......
Whipped Cream. By Geoffrey Moss. (hutchinson. 7s. 6d....
be a great mistake to judge by the beginning of this novel that it consisted of all " whip " and no " cream." The opening is so impressionistic that it is a little difficult to......
Creighton The Admirable. By Kenneth Ashley. (john Lane....
appears to be a first book and, although there is a certain promise about it, the story is planned on too large a scale and the episodes tend to repetition. The Admir- able......
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