FOR the ordinary person who does not read the more œsthetic reviews, it is not easy to keep in touch with the best work that is being done by modern poets, particularly by those of less-established reputation. The ' occasional reviews of new poetry,' of which this is the first, are designed to meet this need. Mr. Edward Shanks , who will give them, is himself one of the most prominent of post-war poets; he won the Hawthomden Prize in 1919, was for some years assistant editor of The London Mercury, and published his ' Collected Poems' two years ago. since when he has issued three more books' The Beggar's Ride,' ' Second Essays on Literature,' and ' The Use of Poetry.'
AN interesting report was recently issued. by an inter-departmental sub-committee set up by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Board of Education to investigate the education of women and girls for rural life. Lady Denman, who is Chairman of the National Federation of Women Students, was also Chairman of this committee, and in her talk this evening she will review its findings—its report on what has already been done and its suggestions as to what more can be achieved.