... The World of Books Reviewed by VERNON FANE A Library Reminder List Fiction THOSE with a taste for historical fiction of the type made popular by the publication of Jew Süss will find much food for their appetite in Miss Helen Simpson's new novel, SARABAND FOR DEAD LOVERS (Heinemann. 7s. 6d.). Sophia-Dorothea might have been Queen of England, was the mother of a king of England, and grandmother ...

... The World of Books Thames Portrait has (t race an J TP it Autobiography of a Rebel from Tab our s Ranks kjy i VERNON FANE MISS E. Arnot Robertson has a theory that authors choose their profession on the singular ground that they have had from childhood just that extra fraction of acute hearing which makes it possible to overhear conversations intended to be private. From such snatches to ...

... By CECIL ROBERTS John Ruskin, by R. H. Wilenski Another Great Vic torian Psycho-analysed The Journals of Arnold Bennett Matters of Outstanding Interest Amplified with a Mountain of Petty Gossip Walking the other day in the gardens around the enclosure of the Pre Catelan, in the Bois de Boulogne, I became a little shaken in my belief that the parks of London are unsurpassed. Perhaps it was ...

... Conder: The Tragic Dreamer By VERNON FANE AMONG the lesser masters of English painting the name of Charles Conder sets a standard of delicacy and poetry. His talent was never of the very first order, but it was authentic. Of his art Balzac might have written, as vague as the swaying of the trees under the effects of the breeze, as wandering as the turnings of a butterfly in the blue air, as ...

... LET THE PEOPLE SING, Says J. B. Priestley -Reviewed by Vernon Fane Excellent Timing by the Author of The Good Companions Mr. Robert Henriques Looks at the British Officer MR. J. B. PRIESTLEY'S LET THE PEOPLE SING (Heinemann. 8s. 6d.) is an excellent piece of timing. In the world of entertainment (and this book belongs to none other) timing counts for so much that its successful application ...

... PLAYS of the DAY Conslance Cummings Proves a Worthy Successor to Elisabeth Bergner at the Apollo: Admirals All Provides Good Entertainment Scantily Ciad Dancers at the Garrick By PHILIP PAGE THE APOLLO THEATRE is in luck just now with its leading ladies. To Miss Elisabeth Bergner has succeeded Miss Constance Cummings. I will venture no comparisons beyond repeating that the Apollo is very much ...

... ■ft. I I x y V x v V THE jU Plays Ml, fl 0 n n n n IHE f Hhing L w PI n a J U The Country Wife, at Hampstead The Gold Diggers, America's Latest Contribution to the London Stage. By MEEIBEIRT FAMJJEOH The fag-end of the theatrical year has been enlivened at the Everyman Theatre by a production of Wycherley's audacious comedy, The Country Wife, and if a subscription list should be opened for ...

... . ARNOLD PALMER writes on K.^iewedl ft lhis Wl&o .MOLINOFF. By Maurice Bcdci. Duckworth MONEY tiy Karcl Capck,. (Hutchinson. 7s. 6 el.) 'THE GOD WH DIDN'T LAUGH. By Gleb Botkin. (Gollancz. 7s. bd.) CELESTIAL SERAGLIO. By Olive Moore Jar raids. 7s. 6d.) THE UNCERTAIN TRUMPET. By A. S. M. Hutchinson. Hoader Stoughlon. 7s. bd.) THE LAUGHING QUEEN. By E. Barrington. Harrap 7s. 6d.) ...

... A Robber's Balance sheet Travelling as an Art A New Way of Biography When a wave of crime is sweeping the novels and plays of Europe and America it is as well that an expert should step forward and point out that the attractions of crime are con fined to imaginative literature. No one will deny that Eddie Guerin is an expert. He robbed a bank in Lyons of £10,000, and the Paris office of the ...

... Yellow Paper, Miss Susan Glaspell, and Mr. Victor Gollancz; Sir Philip Gibbs's Messages Mr. William Gerhardi and the Jazz Age There were two reasons for the eagerness with which I opened Brook Evans, and the first of these had nothing to do with Miss Glaspell and everything to do with Mr. Victor Gollancz. He is a new publisher (though he is not, of course, new to the business), and it is ...

... Reviewed by VERNON FANE Douglas Jerrold Analyses the Forces which He Believes are Leading Europe to the Brink of Destruction Frederick Niven Writes a Vital Novel in Scottish Dialogue Doreen Wallace's Latest Achievement TO READ Mr. Douglas Jerrold's challenge in THEY THAT TAKE THE SWORD (Bodley Head. 6s.) is to be reminded of the time when the pamphlet was a potent and powerful weapon in the ...

... D I f O Proust Shaken on His ■@**9 Ix J Throne By CECIL ROBERTS Can it be possible? This England, usually so full of gloom; this August, so often a month of exasperation, has visited upon us a beautiful surprise. A young Frenchman, my guest for the moment in the country, cannot understand why we are so un complimentary about our weather. His home is on the Riviera where, in the summer months, ...