READABLE NOVELS.—Dark Side Out. By Eleanor Acland. (Sidgwick and Jackson.
7s. 6d. not.)—An interesting book, embracing the story of four generations of a North Country mill-owning family. It is a case of " the sins of the fathers," but the fourth genetation sees the inaugurAtion of a better state of things.—Grains of Dust. By Anthony Carlyle. (Mills and Boon. 8s. 6d. net.)—In spite of its melodramatic tendencies, Grains of Dust is quite a good story. It remains open to question, however, whether even the most credulous reader will be able to swallow the account of the man who commits manslaughter, and then, quite gratuitously and at no distance of time, gets smashed up on his motor-bicycle outside the house of two of the chief witnesses.—The Little Shop in Fore Street. By F. Morton Howard. (Methuen. 6s. net.)—A series of episodes in the lives of the ox-crew of the ' Jane Gladys.' The well- known inconsequent habit of sailormen is carried to some lengths in the " on shore " romances of Horace Dobb and his friends.—The Swing of the Pendulum. By Adrian Spadoni. (Hutchinson. 8s. 6d. net.)—A lively American story dealing with the emotional experiences of a girl from her college days until she finally compromises in becoming the wife of a middle- aged widower with whom she is not in lov3.—The Fifth Ace. By Douglas Grant. (Hurst and Blackett. 8s. 6d. net.)—The story of a struggle for the possession of a lost oil well. The antagonists are a girl and a " crook," and naturally the girl wins hands down, but only after many exciting incidents which keep the reader well amused.
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