OTHER NOVELS.—Old Sins Have Long Shadows. By Mrs. Victor Riekiird.2
(Constable. 7s: 64.- net.)—That Charlotte Mistley should have kept a compromising letter formanyyears - and carried it about with her on-purpose to drop it in the street is-so incredible-an-event that it detracts fromtheentertainment - provided by this entertaining comedy of manners. However, the loss of the letter once granted-, the story develops quite
logically, and the characters are both life4ike and well con- trasted. Charlotte herself is a most attractive figure—much more so than that very, modern young person, her daughter.
Anne.—The Immortals. By Harold E. Scarborough. (T.. Fisher Unwin. 7s. 64. net.)—An amusing story concerning the inconvenient effects of the discovery of the Elixir ofT Terrestrial Life. The kidnapping of -the-discoverer by insur- ance agents and undertakers 1113 very funny —Expectancy.
By John Eyton. (J. W. Arrowsmith. 7s. 6d. net.)—The description of India as seen through the eyes of an English boy is one of the best things in this book. The story deals, as is stated in the first words, with a family called Vaine
who have- an Indian tradition.—The Terrified Mystery. By Mrs. Belloc Lowndes. (Hutchinson. 7s. 6d. net.)—A well-sustained murder story placed in a country setting. The solution of the mystery is a little incredible, but this, is probably necessary if the reader is to be -prevented from solving the enigma for himself.
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