7 JULY 1923, page 26

Fiction.

THE CREAM OF THE JEST.* Tins is an early work by Mr. abell, but it already shows many of the qualities that attracted and repelled the readers of Jurgen. Like Jurgen it is a......

The Farmer's Problem.*

Tins pamphlet, purporting to be written by a farmer, is in fact propaganda on behalf of those interests which, for instance, resent the ear-marking of imported foodstuffs whilst......

The Hopeful Journey. By Beatrice Kean Seymour. (chapman...

7s. 6d. net.) It may be questioned whether Mrs. Seymour is wise in choosing so large a canvas for the exercise of her delicate art. A novel which begins in the year 1853 and......

Babel.*

" Qui 6 una sola unica dramatis persona, ed é rappresentata qui la sun particolar visione dell' universo ; o meglio : perocche l'uomo sin . . . modello dello mondo ' : 6 qui......