18 DECEMBER 1926, page 21

This Year's Books

WE think that it may be of some service to our readers, at this season, if we consider the best books of the year instead of reviewing, as is our custom, the more ephemeral......

The Result Of The Competition

The Editor offered a prize of £5 for an essay in prose or verse on The Character of an Ideal Friend. WHAT a quarrel of opinions this competition produced Some demanded great......

Christmas Films In London

Stoll, Kingsway.—THE COHENS AND THE KELLYS. Laughable farce of Jewish and Irish " characters " in a New York tenement. Well acted. Plaza.--PETER PAN. Matinees commencing 2 p.m.......