The Night Of The Fog. By Antony Gilbert. (gollanca. 7s.
6d.)—Mr. Gilbert's new story is rather refreshing, in that we are not compelled to follow every thought in the mind of the brilliant young amateur detective, but allowed to see......
The Back-to-backs. By J. C. Grant. (chatto And Windus. 7s.
6d.)—We should like to think that Mr. Grant's novel of life in a mining district is a skit on the work of those modern writers who mistake filth for force and ugliness for......
Great Short Stories Of The War. (eyre And Spottiswoode. 8s.
6d.)—It was, of course, inevitable that a book of this title should be published sooner or later, the surprising thing is that it should be so good. For we have been glutted......
Pirdale Island. By Captain A. C. Pollard. (hutchin- Son. 7s.
6d.)—Complicated though the plot is, there is a predominating simplicity about Captain Pollard's method of telling a story. " One can always," he says, " tell the truth to......
The Immoralist. By Andre Gide. Translated By Dorothy...
7s. Od.)—In this extraordinarily clever and moving story M. Andre Gide tells us, in his Preface, that he has not tried to prove anything " but only to paint my picture well and......
Fiction
Clashes—Mental and Physical The Knife. By reader O'Donnell. (Cape. 7a. 8d.) THE ways of literary influence are mysterious and surprising. One is taken aback, for instance, by M.......
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