12 DECEMBER 1914, Page 27

The Grand Assize, by Hugh Carton (W. Heinemann, 3s. 6d.

stet), is an impressive picture of the Last Judgment, in which various types of our civilization-such as the Plutocrat, the Agitator, Circe and Mrs. Grundy, Caesar and the Traitor, the Bookmaker, the Parasite, &c.-state their defence and listen to their sentence. Mr. " Carton" has a dignified style, and bas evidently thought out his problems with great care before Tutting them on paper.