13 APRIL 1918, Page 16

READABLE Novxr.s.—Ths Invisible Foe. By Mrs. Crichton Miln. (A Story

Adapted from the Popular Play by Walter Hackett.) (Jarrolds. 6s. net.)—Like all novels adapted from plays, this smells a little of the footlights, though the writer of the story gets a good deal of character analysis into it.—Nevertheless. By Olive Wadsley. (Cassell and Co. 6s. net.)—A political story in which the hero has to make considerable sacrifices to attain success.