BRIDIE STEEN: AN IMPORTANT FIRST NOVEL: Dinah Forbes-Robertson, with the Stage as Theme, also Makes a Memorable ..
... MISS ANNE CRONE'S name is one to remember. She is a new writer and an important one, whose first novel, BRIDIE STEEN (Heinemann. 1os. 6d.) shows a strong and original talent such as one does not meet every day or even every year. Miss Crone's work will inevitably be compared with Hardy's, for her writing has something of his uncompro mising force and passion, though her style is her own and ...