Books: Good Books: Mar. 10, 1924

The following estimates of books much in the public eye were made after careful consideration of the trend of critical opinion:

POEMS—Katharine Mansfield—Knopf ($2.50). A collection of poems by the author of Bliss and The Dove's Nest (TIME, Sept. 10). They do not compare with her stories. In fact, the best that can be said for them is that a few —Sleeping Together, To L. H. B.— rise above the average, and that anything done by Katherine Mansfield is likely to be at least graceful.

SIEGE—Samuel Hopkins Adams— Boni & Liveright ($2.00). What...