Evening star., 1936-10-31

cred that the best implement for this
work was Imperial Tokay. When the
dean had had several glasses of this
royal drink he would talk freely of his
former days. And SO Lord Dunsany
learned what it is like to pick up q
scent, guard masters house, eat q
hot rabbit and talk to other dogs in
dogs own language. And many other
things.
This was the substance Of his talks
with Dean Spanley. They make very
nice little volume.
SHERSTON'S PROGRESS. BY Sieg-
fried Sassoon. Garden City: Dou-
bleday, Doran & Co.
IN THIS little volume Mr.. sassoon
goes back to his World War days
and tells how George Sherston-that
semi-autObiographical figure of his
earlier works-revolted against war
service and was sent to mental hos
pital as case of nervous breakdown.
He then tells how the easy life Of the
institution eventually made him
ashamed of his detection and how he
returned to the trenches and duly
fought until wounded too badly to stay
longer. Thus duty triumphed.
1t is not much Of book from any
standpoint, whether it be considered
as war memoirs or as discussion of
the individuals right to refuse to fight.
The popularity of Mr.. Sassoon's pre-
vious works, however, invests it with a
certain interest.
THE WIND BLOWS OVER. BY
Walter de la Mare. New York:
The Macmillan Co.
MR.. DE LA MARE offers here a
collection of short stories that
is sufficiently distinguished. The SUBJ
ject matter for the most part touches
on the other world within this world,
medium in which Mr.. de la Mare
works familiarly and paSSably well.
While none of his present stories rises
to heights and some of them are
very slight indeed, there is crafts
manship and propriety in them all
and they can be, on the whole, recon-
mended.
FUNNY PIECES. BY Stephen Lea
cock. New York: Dodd, Mead &
Co.
Mr.. LEACOCK here is funny about
q number of things-the educa-
tional system, literary conventions of
various sorts, the drama, the writing
methods of professional economists
and book reviewing. He proceeds by
burlesqueing the things which amuse
him: he is pretty good. This critic,
as one who likewise finds the book
reviewing profession funny, especially
liked the section devoted to reviewers
follies, where Mr.. Leacock writes of
Millions Paradise Lost" under the
headline, Raising He'll and of Sir
Isaac Newton's Principal Philoso-
phias Naturalis" as 1.-THE Nature Man
Speaks" However, the other Sec
tions are good, too. If you don't get
laugh on every page you will still
get enough to make the volume worth
having. And that is saying consider
able for any book length collection Of
humorous articles.
MORE THAN BREAD. BY Joseph
Auslander. New York: The Mac
milan Co.
THE level Of this volume of poems
Is high. Mr.. Auslander is not
profound in thought or impassioned
in expression, but he has gift for
the musical expression of minor PEN
siveness that is utterly genuine. An
understander Of poetry can always
read him without offenSe.
The present collection covers wide
variety of subjects, which are treated
for the most part in short poems.
1t Is a desirable volume to have.
THE LAW AND THE McLAUGH-
LINS. By Margaret Wilson. Gar
den City: Doubleday, Doran &
Co.
THE author of 1.-THE Able McLaugh-
= lins" here resurrects her Scotch
family and makes them the center Of
a dispute with TIN powers of the