19 AUGUST 1916, Page 17

READABLE NOVELS.—The War Wedding. By C. N. and A. M.

Williamson. (Methuen and Co. 2s. 6d.)—The subject of this book is announced by the title. The complications result from the wrong Identification of a fallen officer and the survival as a prisoner of the man reported dead.—Life and Gabriella. By Ellen Glasgow. (John Murray. 6s.)—An American story of a woman who makes her own way in the world after an unfortunate marriage.—Forked Lightning. By Keble Howard. (John Lane. 6s.)—A dramatized novel is often met with, but this is a play turned into a novel. The result is not particularly successful, though the scene in the hero's chambers is decidedly entertaining.