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Best Stories Of Walter De La Mare. (faber. 8s. 6d.)

A Strange Storyteller THESE lyrical and terrifying stories exact the compliment which the Angelic Stooge paid Blake : " Thy phantasy has imposed upon me, and thou oughtest to be......

Wilful, Deliberate And Unlawful

Trouble at Wrekin Farm By Josephine Bell. (Longmarts. 7s. 6d.) Murder Comes Back. By H. Ashbrook. (Eyre and Spottiswoode. 75.6d.) The Unfortunate Murderer. By Richard Hull.......

The Uncommercial Traveller

Places. Essays by Hilaire Belloc. (Cassell. 8s. 6d.) SOME new fashion, says Mr. Belloc, is long overdue in literary travel. " Will it," -he asks, " be mere merchandise: travel......