21 JUNE 1930, page 20

Theanonymous Author Of Miss Tiverton Goes Out Has,...

Memorial to George (Jiarrolds, 7s. 6d.) a Squirrel Saga that will rouse mixed feelings in the minds of sensitive readers. It is pleasant to read of George, his children and......

Mr. W. F. R. Reynolds' Fly And Minnow (country Life,

105. 6d.), which bears as its sub-title " Common Problems of Trout and Salmon Fishing," is a jolly book, and, if the art of angling can be acquired from the printed word, it is......

Some Books Of The Week

" A GLADSTONE come to judgment ! " is the . exclamation provoked by Mr. W. Harbutt Dawson in The Future of Empire—the World Price of Peace (Williams and Norgate, 12s. 6d.). The......

Tradition And Hugh Walpole, By Clemence Dane (heine-...

is perhaps exaggerated - 'in the importance it places upon that writer, grateful as we are to him for many excellent stories. To Miss Dane, it seems that he alone among......

The Hilarious Bank Staff, Cheering " The Man Who Paid

his overdraft," is indeed one of Mr. Bateman's most successful drawings, appearing in the Summer Number of Punch (1s.). There is a languorous humour about the complaint to the......

" General Knowledge Competition" And " More Books Of The

Week " will be found on pages 1020 and 102S.)......

The Foreign Office Was Well Advised In Making The Late

Sir James Headlam-Morley its historical adviser—a new post created for him and apparently discontinued at his death. For the memoranda which he -wrote, some of which are now......

The Competition

WHENEVER the question of betting is made prominent— very often in relation to the Budget—someone is almost sure to bring up the suggestion of a National Lottery, such as is......