27 JANUARY 1939, page 29

Boy Loses Girl

A Heart for the Gods of Mexico. By Conrad Aiken. (Secker. 6s.) TEN years ago the Great American Novel seemed really under way—Mr. Hemingway and Mr. Faulkner appeared set for a......

Log Cabin To White Box

THE buildings of a nation (said Goldwin Smith) are an important part of its history, but a part that has been neglected by all historians because the historians themselves have......