13 MAY 1916, page 16

A New Anthology.* Tux First Thought Of The Reader Upon

opening Mr. Robert Bridges's new anthology is one of disappointment. All authors' names have to be sought in the index. It is as bad as Hymns Ancient and Modern, and its perusal......

Father Payne.* " Pertsenterion Was Not The Only Evidence Of

godliness." This is a typical saying from the mouth of Father Payne. The " Father " is an imaginary person about whom either Mr. A. C. Benson, or some one who can imitate his......

Fiction.

THE DARK FOREST.* THE title of Mr. Walpole's remarkable book seems capable of conveying a double meaning. There were concrete dark forests in which the scene of his drama......