The Headland. By Mrs. C. A. Dawson-Scott. (Heinemann. 9s. net.)—In
contrast to the long biographical novels now in vogue Mrs. Davvson-Scott restricts the action of her story to three days. The central figures belong to an ancient and' decayed family in Cornwall, the heroine being the companion. secretary of the mistress of the house, who dies the night before the story opens. The section of the book concerned with the first day is the most interesting. In the opening chapter there is an arresting description of Roma Lennox sketching the dead face of old Mrs. Pendragon.
Rim:Lantz Novms.-21ledame GiMert's Cannibal. By Bennet Copplestone. (John Murray. 7s. Gd. net.)—A novel of the South Seas, agreeable but without the romance of Conrad.—The Women of Cedar Grove. By Constance Wynne. (C. W. Daniel, Ltd. 7s. net.)—A description of life in a munition factory during the war. The local colour is good, and the characters are convincing.--The Mor,ter. By Horace Bleach. Icy. (Heinemann. 92. net.)—It takes three generations of undiluted misery for one member of the Willoughby family to attain five minutee of even moderate happiness in Mr. Bleackley's new book. This novel contains realistic descriptions of the shocking conditions under which children were employed in the cotton mills during the last century ; these are probably as accurate as they arc distressing.—Adam of Dublin. By Conal 0"Riordan. (Coffins. 9a. net.)—Mr. Conal OHiordan has apparently embarked on a trilogy ; at least he announces that a further instalment will appear, and one suspects the completion of the story in a further book. However, Adam is an amusing child. He starts life in the streets of Du Win earning a precarious livelihood by passing off old newspapers as the latest editions, and goes through many vicissitudes that are well described. One feels resigned to meeting him again.
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