... Elizabeth Hewetis Miss Josephine and the Colonel The Washbournes of Oiterley A .Second Ilook of Russian Verse Green Shiver ORIEL MALET is a young writer who, while still in her teens, made a happy start, and who remains worth watching upon her way. Two novels-- Trust in the Springtime and My Bird Sings-- were followed by Marjory Fleming, biography of Pet Marjory, that Scottish genius ...

... FOR years we have known, and most of us have gladly accepted the fact that Mr. Evelyn Waugh was a wit. Now it seems that we shall also have to accept him, if we are to read his work, as a bit of a joker and rather a one. These are vulgar rather than popular terms, but they seem to me suitable to a discussion of this writer's new novel, The Loved One (Chapman and Hall. 7s. 6d.). This, which ...

... THE COUNTRYSIDE AND HOW TO ENJOY IT (Odhams Press; 8s.' 6d.). A comprehensive account, by nine writers, including such well-known ones as S. P. B. Mais and A. G. Street, of our country life. Abun dantly illustrated by photographs, and a dust jacket from a painting by Rowland Hilder, this book would be a particularly welcome gift to friends overseas. Happy Yesterdays, by Major C. S. Jarvis ...

... At The Theatre The Wild Duck (St. Martin's) if i hour (ookmmi THE primary business of the drama is to entertain, and its chief modern orna ment is Ibsen. I remember a lecture which began thus; and the titter of the students apparently took the lecturer by surprise. It remains the general idea of the great Norwegian's plays that they are nowhere to go for a laugh. Henry James in 1891, was, ...