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The Torch. By Eden Philpotts. (hutchinson. 7s. 6d.) —mr....

art has mellowed since the days of his early novels : he displays more humour and less starkness than he did when he concerned himself with greater issues. These new stories all......

Fiction

Mrs. Grundy's Skirts Dark Star. By Lorna Moon. (Collanez. is. 6d.) THE modern English novel is a snob. Since the War it has achieved a commendable yet most unsatisfying......

General Knowledge Questions

[We have had so many letters referring to our General Know- ledge Questions in last week's issue that we find it advisable to draw our readers' attention to their title, " Wars......

The Wanderer (le Grand Meaulnes). By Alain- Fournier....

the French by Francoise Delisle (Constable. 7s. 6d.)—Madame Delisle's translation of Le Grand Meaulnes will be a great joy to those who have not read that very wonderful book.......

The Quarterlies

TIIE Quarterly Review for July, number 501, begins with a retrospect of the various subjects of importance dealt with by the Review since its inception, and the manner of their......