24 JANUARY 1925, page 22

Fiction

THE SHORT STORY THE Chinese have never regarded fiction as a very reputable form of art ; indeed it often seems that a chief mark of excellence in their literature is......

Mr. Leipnie's Unbiassed Attitude To Art (referred To In His

preface) has led him to include in this history of French etching a number of artists who are very mediocre and of little signifi- cance either to Art in general or etching in......

Westminster Abbey. Vol. I. Of An Inventory Of The Historical

Monuments in London. (Stationery Office. 21s. net.) Tax Royal Commission of Historical Monuments, having dealt with three of the Home Counties, has begun to describe the......

Temperamental People. By Mary Roberts Rinehart. (hodder...

6d. net.) Although apparently most of these stories have appeared before in America, this attractive collection is issued for the first time by an English publisher. The best......