19 FEBRUARY 1916, Page 23

READABLE NOVELS. —The New Dawn. By George Wouil. (John Long.

6s.)—Mr. Wouil writes with discernment of the Valley of the Clyde, of the Pastor, and the Pastor's wife, and the other folk who live there.—Drifting Waters. By. Rachel Swete Macnamara. (Chapman and Hall. 6s.)—This story of a girl's adolescence and marriage is rather self-conscious, but is well written.