26 JANUARY 1929, page 28

Two Portraits Of Napoleon

Tins pSychological study of Napoleon contains many brilliant passages, but as a whole it will impress the ordinary reader as a contradictory, ecstatic, and at times incoherent......

Fiction

New and Old Crescendo. By Ethel Mannin. (Jarrold's. 7s. 6d.) Cement comes carrying a singular and startling prestige. For in this novel a post-revolution author describes a......