Buttered Side Down. By Edna Ferber. (methuen. 7s....
nothing in Miss Edna Ferber's twelve new stories of Chicago which can change the opinion previously expressed in these columns that one of her first novels, The Girls, which......
Blindness. By Henry Green. (dent. 7s. 6d. Net.)—this- Is A
"human document "—the story of a very normal, rather likeable big schoolboy who is blinded by accident. He tries to adjust himself to calamity. His well-meaning, stupid......
Sack And Sugar. By Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick. 7s. 6d.)—it Is
refreshing in these days of psycho-analytical novels and bloodthirsty adventure stories to read this verY entertaining description of the life of a well-to-do, middle-agedi......
Civilization Or Civilizations? By E. H. God And P. A.
Gibbons. With an Introduction by F. €. Schiller. (Constable. 7s. 6d.)—This is the first of the se of books which will inevitably be published in this country Spengler's......
Children Of The Morning. By W. L. George. (chapman And
Hall. 7s. 6d. net.)—The late Mr. W. L. George's book stands midway between The Blue Lagoon and Orphan Island. Here again children are cast up on a desert island to grow up and......
The Western New Testament: A Translation By, The Rev. E.
E. Cuimington, M.A. (Routledge. 5s.)—This is a version containing many merits. The books are set in their order of date, with the exception of John, which goes With the Gospels,......
Tile Encircled Serpent. By M. Oldfield Howey; (rider,...
is a volume of much good material on ancient and modern symbolism ; but it has not been worked over into any satisfying form, and Miss Oldfield Howey is a little indiscriminate......
Gabrielle. By W. B. Maxwell. (thornton Butter- Worth. 7s....
Maxwell tells a story at once so thread- bare, and so absolutely removed from truth to life, that it is difficult to sympathize or even be interested. His humble heroine loves......
Fiction
FROM -MAN TO MAN. By Olive Schreiner. (Fisher Unwin. 75. (Id. net.)—The late Olive Schreiner was so well known as a pioneer among feminists, and one of great depth of emotion as......
Bath Under Beau Nashand After. By Lewis Melville. (nash And
Grayson. Revised Edition. 7s. 6d. net.) — After Nash's death the city. of Bath went into a decline. There were other Masters of Ceremonies who tried to rule it ; but none wore......
The Baby Grand. By Stacy Aumonier. (heine- Mann. 7s....
Waugh having said that the author is a story teller par excellence, we modestly express the same opinion. This book of short stories, told quietly and neatly, will come as a......
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