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Richards. 6s.), possesses the curious attraction of the 

 unexpected. It opens with a cattle raid, and a few days 

 later we are present when a new M.P. takes his seat in 

 the House and is greeted with an echo of the raiders. 

 The adventures are mental, and concern a triangle of 

 land not far from Brixton. Even the love stories are 

 delightfully modern, and contrary to the proverb in 

 that they run smoothly in pleasant places. 



The Written Law, by Frances Knowles Foster (Mills 

 and Boon. 6s.). A young Englishman, a forester in 

 Burmah, has proposed to a girl whose moderate affec- 

 tion is not strong enough to outweigh the attractions 

 of London and the woman question. Cut to the heart 

 by her refusal, he marries, Burmese fashion, the native 

 girl who has nursed him in a severe illness. But the 

 English girl finds out what love is and hastens to 

 Burmah to undo her misdeed. However, a law has been 

 passed making a Burmese marriage as binding as a 

 European one, and, disillusioned — for his young wife is 

 ignorant and immoral — the unhappy man and his lady 

 love narrowly escape tragedy. 



Aliens Near of Kin, by N. Vernon (Mills and Boon. 

 6s.), may possibly be a first novel; it certainly takes up 

 a new theme for us insular folk, for the charming and 

 sensible heroine shows that " human love makes aliens 

 near of kin." She, like the Esperantists, and a few 

 highly privileged folk, has made acquaintance with 

 delightful people who are not liritish, and so, marrying 

 a Hungarian magnate, she learns that love and tact can 

 make a home even in a strange country, and incidentally 

 gives us interesting pictures of a little known land. 



Vieivs and Vagabonds, by R. Macaulay (John Murray. 

 6s.). Benjamin Bunter, with a I.ady Lettice for his 

 mother, decides when he leaves the university to become 

 a blacksmith, for " the only worth is to do work 

 (manual) and like it." For that reason he chose a mill- 

 hand for his wife. From this the pathos of the story 

 arises; the poor girl supposed that he married out of his 

 own class because he was in love, and the man, whose 

 " views " were so strong that he allowed no filial love to 

 interfere with them, is left at the end of the chapter a 

 working carpenter in sordid surroundings in which 

 intellectual life is impossible. So much for the thread of 

 a story, the futility of which almost overshadows the 

 pungent wit and satiric humour of the writer. It is a 

 question whether the Vagabonds would not be easier to 

 live with than the idealists. 



The Sliadmv of Neeme, by Lady Bancroft (Murray. 

 6s.). During convalescence after along illness Lady Ban- 

 croft was told the " ghost " story which is the founda- 

 tion of this tale. She has surrounded it with those clear- 

 cut characters which her long cx[)erience enaljles her to 

 make real for the reader. Full of cheery optimism, one 

 is transported back to the old " Prince of Wales," 

 listening to one of the bright comedies of its palmy days. 



SOME AMERICAN STORIES. 



Only a glimpse can be given of three books. 

 'I'wo of them, The Adventures of a Modest Man, by 

 R. \V. Chambers (.Applcton. 6s.), and the Sick-a-Be'd 

 Lady, by .Miss Abbott (Ilodder and Stoughton. 6s.), 



are of the story order, comedy and tragedy alternating 

 with simple pathos. The Jugglers, by Miss Seawetl 

 (Macmillan. 3s. 6d.), begins in a garrison town in 

 Normandy, where a little music-hall singer is wooed bv 



a Marquis, and it ends with the Commune, where the 

 jester gives up his life to secure her happiness. 



NOVELS OF THE MONTH. 



Applin, A. Her Sacrifice (Ward, Lock) 6/0 



Bancroft, Lady. The Shadow of Neeme (Murray) 6/0 



Barclay, Florence L. Through the Postern Gate (Putnam) 6/0 



Bedford, H. Louisa. Maids in Many Moods (Stanley, P.iul) 6/0 



Bennett, Arnold. The Matador of the Five Towns, etc 



(Methuen) 6/0 



Benson, A. C. The Child of the Dawn (Smith, Klder) net 7/6 



Bowen, Marjoiie. The Quest of Glory (Methuen) 6/0 



Brooke, Emma. The House of Robershaye (Smith, Elder) 6/0 



Broughton, Rhoda. Between Two stools (Stanley, Paul) 6/0 



Chttmbers, R. W. Adventures of a Modest Man (Appleton) 6/0 



Conyers, Dorothea. The Arrival of Antony (Hutchinson) 6/0 



Cross, Marg.iret B. Up to Perrin's (Chatto) 6/0 



Cullum, Rid;;eway. The Twins of Suffering Creel< (Chapman) 6/0 



Uanby, Fr.-ink. Joseph in Jeopardy (Methuen) 6/0 



Everett-C.i-een, Miss K. Duckworth's Diamonds ...(Stanley Paul) 6/0 



Fendall, P. Lady Ermyntrude and the Plumber (Swift) 6/0 



Forman, J. M. The Court of the Angels (Ward, Lock) 6/0 



Gallon, Tom. Memory Corner (Long) 6/0 



Garvice, C. Love in a Snare (Hodder) 6/0 



Gerard, Morice, Crenland Castle (Hodder) 6/0 



Glaspell, Sns.in. The Visioning (Murray) 6/0 



Gould, Nat. Good at the Game (Long) 3/0 



Graham.'R. B. Cunninghame. Charity (Duckworth) 6/0 



Green, Anna K. Initials Only (Nash) 6/0 



(jrctton, R. H. Almayne of Mainfort (Richards) 6/0 



Grey, Zanc. Riders of the Purple Sage (Harper) 6/0 



Hammond, Fr.Tnce3, The Fly in the Ointment (Chapman) 6/0 



Harding, N. The Eternal Struggle iLong) 6/0 



Hemery, W. The Woman Wonderful ...(Sidgwick and Jackson) ft/o 



Henderson, R. W. W. Annabel and Others (Murray) 6/0 



Henniker, Hon. Mrs. A. Second Fiddle (Nash) 6/6 



Hewlett, M. Brazenhead the Great (Smith, Elder) 3/6 



Hocking, J. God and Mammon (Ward, Lock) 3/0 



Igglesden, C. Clouds (Long) 6/0 



Ingram, Eleanor M. John Allard (Laurie) 6/0 



le'pson. E. The House on the Mall (Hutchinson) 6/0 



kage. M. W. The Honour of Bayard (Greening) 6/0 



Kernahan, Mrs. Coulsun. The Hired Girl (Everett) 6/0 



Leighton. Marie Coi nor. The Triangle (Ward, Lock) 6/0 



London, Jack. When God LaugilS, etc (Mills and Boon) 6/0 



Macnaughten, S. Four Chimneys (Nelson) net 2/0 



Marsh, Richard. Violet Forster's Lover (Cas.sell) t/o 



Martin. C. J. A Little Aversion (Airowsmith) 6,/o 



Meade, L. T. The Girl from Spain (Digbv, Long) 6,'o 



Metcalfe, T. The Prince (Mills and Boon) 6/0 



Mitford, B. The River of Unrest (VV.ard, Lock) 6/0 



Moore, F. Frankfort. The Red Man's Secret (Hutchinson) 6/0 



Norris, W. E. Paul's Paragon (Constable) 6/0 



North, L. The Golightlys (Seeker) 6/0 



Onions, O. In Accordance with the Evidence .- (Seeker) 6/0 



O'Sullivan, v. The Good Girl (Constable) 6/0 



Page. Gertrude. The Rhodesian (Hui-stl 6/0 



Penny, F. E. The Malabar Magician (Chatto) 6/0 



Phillpotts, Eden. The Forest on the Hill (Murray) 6/0 



Pratt, Ambrose. A Daughter of the Bush (Ward, Lock) 6/0 



Rita. Grim Justice (Nash) 6/0 



Roberts, Morley. The Man Who stroked Cats, etc. ...(N.a5h) 6/0 



Russell, Countess. An Excellent Mystery (Swift) 6/0 



Sladen. Douglas. The Unholy Estate (Stanley, Paul) 6/0 



.Smedley, Constance. Commoners' Rights (Chatto) 6/0 



Stephens, lames. The Charwoman's Daughter (Macmillan) net j/6 



Sw.ahey, Hilda M. The Chief Commissioner (Methuen) 6/0 



Time, Mark. A Derelict Empire (Blackwood) 6/0 



Tweedale, Violet. Austin's Career (Long) 6/0 



Valentine, E. A. V. The Labyrinth of Life (Dent) 6/0 



Van Dyke, H. The Sad Shepherd (Harper) net a/o 



Vernon, N. Aliens Near of Kin (Mills .ind Boon) 6/0 



Vivian, E. C. Passion Fruit (Heinemann' 6/0 



Warden, Florence. Mollie the Handful (White) 6/0 



Warden, Gcrlnulc. The Path of Virtue (White) 6/0 



Watson, A. Denham's « (Smith. Elder) 6/0 



Weale, Putnam. The Revolt (Methuen) 6/0 



Weekes, R. K. and A. R. The Tragic Prince (Melrose) 6/0 



Wemys.s, Mrs. (Jeorce. A Lost Interest (Constable) 6/0 



Willcocks, N. P. Wings of Desire (L.ane) 6/0 



Wright, Oliver. The RIverporl Mall (Nash) net a/o 



Wright- Henderson, R. W. Annabel and Others (Murray) 6/0 



In the mid-March number of the Revue de Paris there 

 IS an article by M. Antoine de Tarle, on the " Military 

 Reforms of Lord Haldane." 



