27 MARCH 1915, page 24

Has Poet Facto Memoirs Are An Entertaining If Somewhat Min•

leading form of history, and the war seems to be producing quite a crop of them. We cannot, of course, include among them The Berlin Court under William II., by Count Axel von......

Fiction.

ALICE AND A FAMILY.* lies ERTINN is better known as a dramatist than a novelist, but MVO. Martin's Man, recently noticed in these columns, proved that he is in istrunaque......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Notice in this column dose not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] We are glad to be able to remind our readers of America- Latina, of which we have now received the......

Readable Novers.—the Faded Vision. By A. H. Ingram. (john...

6s.)—A sound, religious sermon strung on to a very slender plot the only pity is that most of the virtuous characters are terrible prigs.—Les Belle Alliance. By Rowland Grey.......

The Family. By Elinor Mordaunt. (methuen And Co. 68.) —we

admire greatly the courage and breadth of Miss Mordaunt's plan, and her success in writing of a family as a community. She has sketched her individuals brilliantly, without a......

The Invisible Event. By J. D. Bereeford. (sidgwiek And...

6s.)—Much of Mr. Beresford'e book, which is the last of the trilogy concerning Jacob Stahl, and deals with the completion of his career as writer and lover, is of bitter......

Sir Sidney Colvin Has Just Brought Out A New Edition

of Vie Poems of John Keats (Cbatto and Windus, 2 vols., 15s. net), which is most welcome. In the first place, it is beautifully produced, being printed in the well-known......