READABLE NOVELS.—Two Men. By Alfred 011ivant. (Allen and Unwin. 7s.
net.)—This novel announces itself as the first volume of a long romance, and as such it is very difficult to judge of its success. The studies of the hero and his mother are well done, and it may be said that the end of the book leaves the reader with a desire to read the sequeL—A Place in the World. By John Hastings Turner. (Cassell 7s. 6d. net.)—An account of how a cosmopolitan butterfly sets up house in the suburbs during the war. The analysis of the character of Henry Cumbers is most consistently carried through, and his relations with the butterfly are ingeniously described.—Hearts-Haven. By C. L. Burnham. (Constable. 6& net.)—A very naive American story in which all the good people flourish and the inconvenient and disagreeable character is happily despatched in a motor accident.
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