20 SEPTEMBER 1930, Page 28

Messrs. Jonathan's Cape's illustrated edition of Mary Webb's Precious Bane

was a beautiful thing : that of Gone to Earth, at 7s. 0d., with a preface by Mr. John Buchan and woodcuts by Mr. Norman Ilepple, is no less distinguished. " Mary Webb need fear no comparison with any writer who has attempted to capture the soul of Nature in words," says Mr. Buchan. We agree. There is mastery and magic in her writing.