Andre Gide

ANDRE Gide : The Ethic of
the Artist, by D. L. Thomas (Seeker and Warburg, 15s.) is a valuable study of one of the great French literary personalities of the century.
Mr. Thomas knows the work of the French artist, appreciates and appraises it with due regard to its bauttes and its weaknesses. He is undeluded by the writer whom he admires, and makes no concession to the aspects of the works which are nothing short of dreadful. This is a book to be read by students of French literature; it also is a hook which will be used by those, still pioneers, who seek to put Gide in perspective. For great as be undoubtedly was, he may have been responsible for great evil.