... . By L. P. HARTLEY. MOST of Miss Delafield's novels can be divided into two categories: the comic and the sad. The comic are funnier than life usually is, and the sad are sadder. She sees the human lot through spectacles that are either rose-coloured or dark-tinted. Some times the colours get mixed, and sometimes we observe that traits in human nature which only serve to cause the first Miss ...

... . By C. A. LEJEUNE. PROBABLY the most contro versial film produced in this country during our entire screen history is THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP. It will rouse pas sions and debates wherever it is shown. It will delight some people, and infuriate others. It will prove a knotty problem when the ques tion of export comes to be considered. Will it do good to our reputa tion abroad ...

... EIGHT BOOKS FOR DIFFERENT MOODS Miss Mary Lavin's Masterly Short Stories Theatres of the U.S.S.R. The Experiences of a Soldier and a Pilot Three Novels and a Thriller -By Vernon Fane IN his preface to Miss Mary Lavin's book of short stories Lord Dunsany writes that he had no advice what ever to give her about literature; so I have only helped her with her punctuation, which is bad, and with ...

... . By L. P. HARTLEY. MISS EDITH SITWELL has made an antho logy of aphorisms re lating to poetry and the other arts, with annotations and comments by herself. She calls it A Poet's Notebook. It is a great privilege to be given a bouquet of blooms plucked from the garden of this most gifted poet, their hues and perfumes inter mingling to form an analogy or metaphor for the character of her own ...

... By Horace Horsnell The Moon is Down (Whitehall) COMPARISONS between the various war plays now running in the West End need not be odious. Each justifies pro duction on other than merely topical grounds. They differ widely in theme and treatment, and their appeal is due less to their concern with war than to the personal fortunes of their characters. This is as it should be; for they are plays, ...