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over, it was not written merely 

 ito amuse readers, but also to 

 point out the madness of the 

 quiet withdrawal from thoir 

 posts — ^^which has been going on 

 tor years past — of the coast- 

 guards in Britain, those wide- 

 awake sailors whose guardian- 

 ship of the coasts can in no way 

 be replaced. 



An Affair of State. By J. C. 

 Snaith. (Methuen.) 



A political novel which demands 

 a second reading before its full 

 attraction is felt. The supposi- 

 tion is tliat within a short period 

 of time there will be a war to 

 the death between the aristocratic 

 few of the country and the pro- 

 letariat. Just at the right time 

 a member who has risen from the 

 ranks and come into the House 

 as one of the extreme Radical 

 party, realises that government 

 by an uninstructed majority 

 would be ruin, and that a special 

 clause 9, in a Bill tlien before 

 the Hoiise, must be lejected. He 

 is led to see this liy the wife of 

 his leader. In bis absorption in 

 political matters lie has not 

 realised that his own wife is 

 slipping away from him. and 

 hence a tragedy which is really 

 medifeval. The interest of the 

 novel lies in tlie hints given that 

 some of the characters are drawn 

 from modern life. Clause 9, foi- 

 instance, might well be the Os- 

 borne Judgment, except that the 

 date given is a few years hence. 



Every Man's Desire. By Mary 

 Gaunt. (Laurie.) 



None need to be told that 3Ir.s. 

 Gaunt's pictures of li.fe in "West 

 Africa are such that the readev 

 is transported into that land ot 

 tropical forests, torrential rains, 

 and blinding sunshine. The plot 

 of the story concerns four people 

 whose marriages are certainly not 

 made in heaven. Nay ! the spite- 

 ful, lying little cat ! and tiie 

 selfish, dishonourable man, who 

 are each mated with a noble 

 partner, are even '" unco' bad '' 

 for this world. The story is a com- 

 pelling one, even though it would 

 seem that Mrs. Gaunt's under- 

 lying idea is that a man desires 

 more than one wife ; he .so often 

 falls in love with a woman for 

 her prettiness and dependence, 

 and then finds that his greater 

 need is for a companion. 



The House of the Other Worhl 

 By Violet Tweeddale. (John 

 Long.) 

 In this psychic novel of great 

 power and fine characterisation 

 Sir Paul and Lady Aston Heriot 

 take on lease an old country 

 manor house which has been left 

 untenanted for a length of time 



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