24 APRIL 1926, page 19

We Owe A .debt Of Gratitude To Messrs. Dent , For

publishing their edition of Dumas. The Vicomte de Bragalone in four volumes is just out at 4s. Od. each. What wonderful stories these d'Artagnan romances are I......

A Book Of The Moment

THE LURE .OF LONDON [COPYRIGHT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE New York Times.] THE publishers are spreading the Lure of London throughout the English-speaking world, and......

This Week's Books

Miss Nainaiaa CRANE, the baby laureate of New York, who is now thirteen years old, has rightly found a place in Messrs. Cape's revised and enlarged edition of Modern American......

Dr. Hall Sumner Has Plodded Diligently And Doggedly, In A

methodical German way, after the will of the wisp of relativity between The Brain and Mind (Unwire. as. 6d.). He begins a little slowly in his pursuit, but gets his second wind......

We Have Received The Fifth Volume Of The Memoirs Of

the American Academy in Rome (printed in Italy), magnificently illustrated. It is a fitting memorial to _the scholarship. of the late Mr. Curtis. * * * *......

Messrs. Methuen Send Us An Anthology Of Tabloid Wisdom

ranging from St. Paul to Lao-tsze and from Solomon to Con- fucius. It is well arranged and useful for those that like that Sort of thing. The editor is Mr. Besterman, the price......

The Ballad Of Betsy Ann, By Mr. W. A. Briscoe

(Methuen, 10s. Od.) is the life story of a mare, a sort of versified " Black Beauty " with a touch of " Kissing Cup's Race." The sentiment is charming, the illustrations......

We Have Received A Fragmentary And—alas !--painfully...

John Payne, with preface and annotations by Mr. Thomas Wright (Thomas Wright, Olney, near Bedford. 15s.). The pen drawings by Mr. Jones are excellent, the photographs of the......

A New Competition

The Editor offers a prize of £5 for a " Specimen Day" in not more than 1,000 words. _ _ If only four hundred words are used we shall be so much the happier. But we have set the......

The Spectator.

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