Something ought to be done about for yet another of the Bystander etch-Tatler type of weeklies hag been sprung upon us. It is culled "Piccadilly." The statue of Eros is, of course, the cover motif—shooting his arrow naturally, the direction of Leicester Square, Apart from this it is utterly ime Lossible to distinguish "Piceadil (Is, weekly from all respectable booksellers) from the other catch penny shilling weeklies. The inside frontispiece is the usual touched-up fut-faced type of beauty dear to the half-tone engraver, and turning the page are several' more, baked in the same oven and printed in delicate hues of red and blue. We fter no prizes for guessing the heading of the accompanying article is "Social Doings in Town and cut," liberally sprinkled with makes believe familiar references, in italic, penchant, "Crest magnifique," and what not, but omitting any' refer ence to our old friend nouveau riche, Plodding through the thick art. same old groups of Capt. Ponsonby, the Duchess of Margate, Lieut.-Col, Sit Cholmondeley Blood' and Lady Vio" Jet Blood all grinning in row ab the poor devil of a press photos grapher whose life blood depends upon snapshotting them. Why is ft that all our "betters" (according to "Piccadilly" and its like) have such depressingly mural faces? is only when we turn to the Fashion Section that our hope in the future the country revives: the marine" quins really do look like something mod se) Unger; scene bat Thanos facedly remembering the Section we are in, longer before turning over to the next page depicting "The Rising Generation in the Saddie.'t This is one of those unfortunate titles for which "Punch" suggests "An Impending Apology" is in the air. The younger generation is no doubt rising in wisdom and years, but the pictures certainly emphasize the fact that it is also rising in te saddle to an extent bordering the peril The Week at Cowes: Afloat" comes next and will inevitably remind our local yachts men of a placid evening afloat on the "Foam at anchor. The photos grapher has scraped together hit 3 Sedozen cane chairs and posed the a semicircle on the after deck a yacht, their occupants gazing rather patronizingly at the camera; the are of the wheel in the back ground provides what local colour ig necessary to connect the group, with a life on the ocean wave, The stereotyped pages on Music, the Talkies, Paris, and Motoring cupply the required intellectual cone tent of this magazine and tone down a little the red and blue illustrations of an earlier day. Two or three Lumorous full page pictures complete the get-up of this too gaudy contribution to modern art' and Among the other complaints and they appear to be legion—are that such a book, expressing a loathing of the nationalist policy, hich inspired the German high command during the war, could not have been written patriotic citizen; that the book sows the dragon's teeth of paci= ticism" (drazon's teeth, be it note 1); and that it carries in it much Semitic propaganda—which, to tell the truth, escaped us, if it is there at all, In spite of all these things, however, "AN Quiet on the Weste ern Front" is selling well. 4
Among other books which are keeping the Hbarians and book sell" ers busy are several works of fice jon, all of them curiously enough, by authors of long established reputation, It seems that among the younger generation of- fiction write fers there have arisen few who cart keep "Roper's Row" by Warwick Deep ing probably leads the demand, but stter it come W. J. Lock's "new book, "Ancestor Jorico;" A.
Hutchinson's The" Uneertain Trumpet" and "Temple Tower" by, Sapper, the sales of which are pro iting greatly by the publicity give to the talkie "Bulldog Drummond)" by the. same author. There are those who can see no good come out of the talkie given the hel 4
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