10 FEBRUARY 1912, Page 28

READABLE Nover,s.—Stories in Grey. By Barry Pain. (T. Werner Laurie,

6s.)—These are stories of different phases of modern life, and though the scone of at least one is Laid abroad they are all concerned with English people. Most of them, as the title indicates, are grey in colour, but every now and then, as in the story of "The Doll," Mr. Barry Pain relents and leaves his readers in a cheerful mood at the ond of the story.—The Shifter. By Captain Herbert W. Platte. (Whitcomb° and Tombs, Ltd. 3s. 6d. not.)—A story of the sea. It contains many exciting adventures, but is overweighted by the minute descriptions of the cruelties of the captain and the mete.