1 NOVEMBER 1930, page 31

In Praise Of Poetry

Ma. ALAN PORTER'S poetry is so good that it inevitably raises the whole question of the possibility of great poetry being written to-day. Mr. Porter, as readers of the Spectator......

Fiction

Satire, Saga and Sophistication They Die Young. By John Sommerfieid. (Heinemann. 7s. 6d.) AFTER putting down his latest book of short stories one is inclined to look upon Mr.......

Why The Pilot Was Dropped

Kaiser and Chancellor : The Opening Years of the Reign o f Foam' years have passed since the young German Emperor " dropped the pilot " of the German ship of State, or in other......