... THERE can be no doubt but that the publication of Mr. Somerset Maugham's A WRITER'S NOTEBOOK (Heine mann. 12s. 6d.) is a literary event of the first importance. Whatever contemporary criticism may say of the content of his novels, short stories, plays and belles-lettres, it is unanimously agreed that, in his profession, Mr. Somerset Maugham is the greatest craftsman of his day. Readers of The ...

... PROUST AM) THE DUKE Elizabeth Boiven IF I had known that he would become famous, exclaimed a lady, naively, I would not have thrown away his letters! How vexatious for her. She spoke of Marcel Proust-- who is the subject of Princess Marthe Bibesco's The Veiled Wanderer (Falcon Press; 7s. 6d.). The young man, at once known and unknown-- known as a wit, a character; un known in that his ...

... Cbfr B0 i li oiit Codkman Folies Bcrgi'rc Kevue (Hippodrome) TWICE nightly revue in this country is apt to produce in us the uncomfortable sensation of having dined at a wartime snack bar. A second snack might possibly add up into a decent meal, but the first has already desolated the appetite. They order this matter better in France. The Folies Bergère show, with its glitter, its elegance, ...