When Kate Harwood, the BBC's controller of series and serials, invited me to adapt South Riding by Winifred Holtby, I was only vaguely aware of it. The title sounded a bit Northern, rural and worthy ...
CHARLES DICKENS—Stephen Leacock —Doubleday, Doran ($3). A serious biography by the humorous Canadian economist. THE ASTONISHING ISLAND—Winifred Holtby—Macmillan ($3). Martian-visitor satire on England ...