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JAPAN IN 1923.

MEMORIAL VOLUMES ON EARTHQUAKE.

EXPERIENCE RECORDED.

Worthy of Japan's spirit of re- solve is the publication which minutely describes the unprecedent- ed disaster of September 1, 1929, when all nations of the world could only sympathise and help the Land of the Rising Sun na far as they

An excellent volume has been turned out by the Bureau of Social Affairs of Japan's Home Office, with which is a smaller. "com- panion" volume with very interest ing maps, charts, etc.

could.

The descriptions are graphic, the

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INCOMPATIBILITY.

"The Dolectable... Mountaina," Struthers Burt. Hodder and Stoughton, 78. 6d.

“NO DIVIDING LINE.”

LITERATURE AND THE

PRESS.

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Mr. A. E. W. Mason, the novel- fat responding to the toast of ' When a musical comedy girl, who "Literature and the Press," at the fa rather different from the usual thirty-third annual dinner of the type, becomes acquainted with a Readers' Pension Committee at the who does not believe in the infalil- really was no dividing line between: young man, who is self-willed, and Holborn Restaurant, sald bility of parental authority, some the two in the present time, and thing is bound to happen. She was he doubted if there ever was such soulful, he was didactic, but al- though she seemed inclined to a division. change, he was the same always. Addison, Steele, Swift, and After they were married, he took others all wrote in periodicals be- the bride to his ranch among the fore these writings appeared with Wyoming Hills. They were, not in the covers of a book. There was happy, and estrangement was in evitable. They could not argue the

THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1928.

DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.

(This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spellings, such as harbor, plow, and altho.)

£6

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supposed to be a certain perman-

illustrations well chosen and care matter out in a manner that. might ency in real literature, but who was fully reprinted. But the value of the book, in years to come, lies in have caused some settlement, since to lay down the law about perman- the mass of information for selen-she did not have much of a chance

all the speaking was one-sided, and ency?

"The idol of one generation is tists and laymen, for much know-to put forward her case.

the derelict of the next and may be ledge about upheavals of the earth's

the idol of the third generation. surface has been gained by Japan's

I think it is interesting to specu ex erience.

late whether the man scribbling histories of pirates and criminals and dropping in between books like Robinson Cruso' and the Plague of

Reference to Hong Kong.

The "Chine Mail" is indebted to the Japanese Consul-General in Hong Kong for the favour of a

copy.

They both became so miserable that the parting, to which one has been looking forward, takes place, and she, the more miserable of the two, returns to her dancing.

It is extremely difficult to look on Stephen, the hero, as anything but Special mention is made of the an impossible prig, selfish, and London, realised that he was go- Mercedes, ing to live among Immortals. I am part played by organisations and above all self-satisfied. governments of various nations in the heroine, plays a sorry part, but pretty sure Defoe did not care.

"I do not believe for a moment the enormous campaign which fol- had she stuck. up for herself to a lowed the disaster and the small greater extent, she could have made that those old saflor-men who went

comfortable. In from her life more

Falmouth, Penzance, and way in which Hong Kong was able fact had she had any real confid- Plymouth knew when they were to help is also made subject of re-ence in anything but her dancing, writing up their logs on the Spanish ference.

Main that they were going to bo acclaimed hundred of years after- wards as masters of the English language.

As the publication says, the disaster was really the most horri ble ever known since authentic history began......................

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....the utmost that could be hoped in the circumstances was to restrict the scops of misery

Token of Gratitude.

the

especially with the object

been

she would

never have

married Stephen. That would have better for all concerned.

A NOVEL OR?

This is a book that will appeal to many, especially as it has been

"I doubt if the man writing in written by such a popular author as Strutters Burt, but one wonders the wings of the theatre, some- why he has made such a poor thing times plays of his own, sometimes as Stephen haunt some three hun-touching up plays by other people dred odd names of a book!

to keep the Globe Theatre going, knew or

very much cared, that three or four centuries afterwards he would be acclaimed as the very wonder of English literature. All we can say is, that so long as men are driven to work in the effort to cloth with the dignified beauty and notions and their emotions, so of the English language their ideas

long literature will be

alive and

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of giving warning to posterity and affording them guidance in a similar emergency

"The present English ver. slon

is issued in order to inform the world. at large of what our people

The story starts, as so many good suffered from a terrible outburst stories do, with a mistake,

"A Fiddle For Eighteen Pence,' by Sybil Ryall (Hodder and Stoughton),

one

Nina

trulles instead of one. According

of the potential forces which Linson had made a stupid error and may at any time overwhelm a ordered

thousand cases of nation, and also as a slight token of gratitude to the millions all over the world for the generous she and Mattie Bird decided to will be honoured." sympathy shown to this nation go through France by car

Perigueux and set the matter right. on that tragle occasion."

They arrived in Paria and bought a small car--their examination for

rez

to

permis de conduire is most amus-

ing.

SILVERPOINT.

"To Prove Worthy." The "China Mail" availa itself of the present opportunity to peat most solemnly a few of the

Leaving Paris, they are constant- A Girl Adoring. By Viola Meydell worda used in the Imperial Edict

Arnold. 78. 6d. net. shortly after the Great Earth-y being caught up by a charming

makes young man, who quake-

Miss Meynell is interested in her

tion

one.

to prove

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himself

worthy most useful to them in many ways.] characters, else she, and we, should. in the great task of restora They visit Orleans, Blois, and so not be so intrigued with their

through the chateau country. At How Japan has recovered and Les Byzios, they go through the portraiture. But do they not some- continued to prosper

has been prehistoric caves, and Nina realises how, betray her interest? Do they abundantly told in more ways than Castanet has ripened into some of her concluding pages that she la that her friendship with Mnot as we say "let her down?" We have a feeling in the despatch thing deeper. Eventually at Perl-

all to gueux,

rather glad to stow away Morely COMEDY OF MANNERS.

explained-M. Castanet is connected with the firm and Laura and Clarie and Hague Patricia Lacked

in whose order Nina had made her in their. box, like puppeta who have A Lover.

appalling blunder: he had known not come up to expectation. They Comedy in Six Days. By John whom they were all the time: all disappoint us, at any rate, whether North. Jarrolds. 7s. 6d. set. ends well.

they have disappointed their au- Patricia Seamore is bored with

thor or not. There is so little "to her husband, and who can blame travel book? Whatever name

& them" after all their penetrating re- hor? It was bad enough to be give it, it is a romance breathing search. The fine artistry bestow- married to Robert Seamere, whose the charm of Spring. One feels the cd on them la not quite justified by every other sentence in "I see." I story is subordinate to the descrip-

their story. The position becomes impossible tions of the French countryside,

It ie Claire's story, mainly-how when she discovers she is really which are remarkably well done, her suppressed radiant hopes are South African merchants. So after knowing and loving the little-trod-charm from the half-tones of Tim- the wife of Robert Seamore, Ltd., and were obviously written by one fulfilled through Richard Hague's resolution who rescues her shy tremendous. tiff, a veritable den by-ways of France. The adven borly, into which it threatens typhoon in a tea-cup which origin- tures with inns, in country towns fade, Miss Meynell purposely gives ated in his malignant habit of and the little difficulties that crop her heerine a setting somewhat smoking, in bed and burning holes up over the behaviour of the car

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Do we call this a novel

or

wel

to

in the sheets, she takes her beauti-Aptly called "the Bee-ring very sapped of Its vitality. Timberly lay ful self off in his beautiful car, true. This book should be read by seed. Its owner, Morely veils by Norman Hythe, a lawyer, and his those who like a charming story selfdeceft the manifestations of his an estate running complacently to wife .are

their intimate friends. full of good description, and And the other chief personae which every incident could dramatis are Julius Blurb, a South well have happened.

African millionaire, and Sir Quen-1

tin Grimmond, a mystery man of large affairs, and the latter's con- fidential secretary, Miss Chaffers, who is suffering from the conse-

quence,

FOLKLORE TALES,

in

very

Out of this small cast and simple "The Story of Myths." By E. E. groundplot Mr. John North creates ! Kellett. (Kegan Paul. 76. 6d.) * vivacious and various comedy which holde even a jaded reviewer's real poetic power was made evident That Mr. Kellett is a writer of attention to the end. The charac- ters are all living people, not not only in his volume of graceful merely lifelike automata, and they

rhymes. "A Book of Cambridge give one the impression of acting Verse, but is clearly obvious in on their own not under their au- every book that he has written, thor's compulsion. The episodes Only a poet can treat myths with are most entertaining especially the grace, vicacity, and suggestive the kidnapping of Sir Quentin by ness which give them, in the mind Patricia for an impromptu joy-ride of his reader, something of the life in the country, Mr. North's dia- and significance they possessed in logue is excellent, and it is to be the minds of the races to which hoped he will some day make use of his peculiar and personal quality they owe their being. It is Mr. of humour (at times it is almost Kellett's object to exhibit the main gauloiserie) in writing a play. , psychological elements which would

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selfishness. His wife Laura, has allowed a sad experience to bank her natural fires. Her sister-in- | law, Gilda, has acquiesced in

spent passion. Beside these figures and Claire's in silverpoint Louise with her vulgar intriguing and Hague with his hard sanity are introduced with features and forces subdued-necessarily for

effect in consequence it just a Miss Meynell has the most delicate perception of values. But, the little too grey, even slightly faint,

seem to have contributed to the formation of myth and to choose. for that purpose the best typical, examples from the folklore of Greece, Germany and Scandinavia. His book contains a vast amount of erudition arranged with admirable judgment and written interesting style.

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HORIZONTAL (wont}

1-What is a company 41-Bustle

of Batera?

&-To uphold

B-Over (poet.} 9-An daraman 11-One (Beat.) 12-What English

Puritan, who died In 1649, was governer of Massachusetta Colony!

14-A targe-mouth water-pitcher 16-Tropicat American tree of the myrtle Family 18-A diminutive suffix 20-To batter 22-Budden leap 23-What is the human

face in slang?

24-To dain 25-Combining form-

"outside" 26-What la-a fit of IF

tempert

27-To envest, an with

some quality 30-0f what kingdom Was Warsaw the capital (abbr.) $1-Trebled

33-A tree of the oliva

family

34-What

Is a bundle of

papers, hald

together with a. band, called? 26-To-freaxe

37-Yea

39-What prefix maan.

Ing Minn" is used in Beatch and Irish nameet.

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@THE INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE

VERTICAL (Cont.) 14-Evening (poot.) 15-To cut by gouging 17-To behave

|42-in glass-making

what is the caloining-oven called? 43-Eauthern

constellation

44-What is a stay-

rope7

45-What is feeland's

mest famous volcano?

45-5pare

(48-Small openings into

cavities

52-Ta exist

¡BS-Ciri's name (short).

What prefix from

the Latin means. "one"?"

55-A complete dress 86-What is the

Buddhist sacred altyT

1-Apt

VERTICAL

2-A Brazlian coin 3-Adorn 4-Interjection

contempt

6-What is the fruit. bearing part of a cereal plant? 6-An Insnot

7-What is the

obsolete plural of 10-Trickster 11-Away (8cpt.) 13-What character in

an Italian puppet

show in the original of the English Punoht

19-Life Guards (abbr.) 21-Yea

22-To contuse 23-What is a general

hand-to-hand fight?

26-Bustla 28-Who is the reputed

author of the first Athenian written code of laws, about 621, B. C.1

28-Eplatte written to

the

people of Ephesus (abbr.) 30-A dance

32-What anolent alty in Syria was famous for ita sword-blades?

16-Distant

86-A short poem 37-What Aslatle bovine

ruminant le

between the bisons and the true axent

38-A tapped joint

40-What la courea

alanament

41-What is the symbol

for gold? 42-Central (abbr.)

44-A group 48-Have (Boot.) [47-To duoline

49-Banaful 80-interjection

legunt

Bt-Half sme

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