READABLE Novxr,s.—Our Little Town. By Charles Lee. (Gibbings and Co.
3s. 6d.)—These "Cornish Tales and Fancies" are full of humour. "A Strong Man" is perhaps the best: a very prince among non-workers was Theophilus Pennywarn.— The Affair on the Bridge. By J. Morgan-de-Groot. (W. Black- wood and Sons. Bs.)----h. vivid picture of Dutch life, with some scenes in Achin.—A House of Intrigue. By Percy White. (Hurst and Blackett. 6s.)—The 'intrigue" concerns the dis- position of some property. Most of the characters are more or leas ordinary, but it is a good story.—Starbrace. By Sheila Kaye- Smith. (G. Bell and Sons. 6s.)—This is a vigorously written book ; as a story it has this defect, that we do not know whether to Wish ill or .well to the hero. And is there not a difficulty in the chronology ? In chap. 1 he is "a child"—" little Miles "— and Theodora a young lady ; later on the two seem to be of an age..----Sir Gregory's Silence. By A. W. Marchmont. (Cassell and Co. 6s.)—A melodramatic story of some merit.—An Honest Man. By Ralph Harold Bretherton. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)— The central idea of the story is good; but we are wearied with it till we feel for the Athenian who was for ostracising Aristides the Just.
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