31 JULY 1920, page 23

Poets And Poetry.

A COLLECTED EDITION OF MR. GORDON BOTTOMLEY'S PLAYS.* THERE are a great- many poems which do not yield. up their savour without repeated re-readings. at longish intervals. Of......

Readable Novels.—aini A First Flutter. By Robert A....

Allen and Unwin. 7s. 6d. net.)—The story of a country girl who becomes a Post Office Civil Servant and does not give satisfaction. The rich uncle who returns from Australia is......

The "magazine" !school -and Its Greatest :exponent : 4 '...

of 'William Sydney - Porter (known to -the .reading public An " 0: Henry ") was quite worth 'sweeping. Admirers of his maturemorkwill further find-the-critical and bieiraphioal......

Fiction.

OPEN THE DOOR ! * No one will be surprised. to • learn that Mks. Carswell's novel secured the £250 • prize in the - competition initiated by Mr. Melrose. Her work has many......