... MR. NOEL LANGLEY'S new book is in a way a surprise, as it seems of such a different type from his other work, but perhaps his versa tility should have prepared one for surprises, and his delicately romantic version of the young love of Dante for Beatrice should only show a new facet of a remarkable talent. The In constant Moon (Arthur Bar ker. ios. 6d.) is a charming book, both to the mind and ...

... MR. FRANCIS STUART is a novelist of real power, and one to be reckoned with in the literary scene to-day. His conclusions may sometimes dis tress you, as they have me, and even exasperate you, but neither they nor he can be ignored. Redemption (Gol- lancz. gs.) is his latest work, and it will make an unmistak able impact on the world of letters, in which I include the general reading public, ...

... FEUDAL FEEDING TO FACTORY FEEDING Sir Noel Curtis-Bennett's Survey In a world, seemingly enmeshed in political problems, we have had abundant evidence from experts, like Lord Boyd Orr, that the immediate future of civilisation depends upon the proper development of and the proper use of our food resources. One man who takes the long view on this subject, sees It in historical perspective and ...

... INTO BATTLE WITH THE GRENADIERS The Story of the Regiment in the War Ever since the late Colonel Henderson wrote his life of Stonewall Jackson, military historians have had before them a prime example of the way in which military history can be rendered wholly palatable-- can, indeed, be as enthralling as a well-constructed historical novel. It is good to see others adopting the lively ...

... MALTA'S ATTACKING ROLE Sir Hugh Lloyd's Enthralling Narrative sketches, penned mostly between 1901 and 1907. They are published under the title SHRINES AND CITIES OF FRANCE AND ITALY (Longmans, Green and Co. 9s. 6d.), and accompanied by a series of modest but neat little pencil drawings, mostly concerned with archi tectural detail which caught the traveller's interest. In France Miss Underhill ...

... THE grand object of travel ling, wrote Dr. John son, is to see the shores of the Mediterranean, and Miss Rose Macaulay is a traveller who not only appreciates that dictum, but has an exquisite literary skill with which to record her travelling. Fabled Shore (Hamish Hamilton 15s.) is the account of a journey Miss Macaulay undertook by road from the French border, down the coast of Spain ...

... I SUPPOSE that to a truly Welsh reader, Welsh by birth and upbringing, there would be nothing fantastic about the novel ALL THINGS BETRAY THEE (Michael Joseph. 10s. 6d.). But to an English reader, even though he can see the integral value of the book, it remains surprising: violent in one direction, lush in another. It takes a little while, for instance, to accustom one's ear to the lilt of ...