19 MARCH 1910, Page 25

READABLE Novins. — Royal Lovers : the Adventures of Two Empresses. By

Helene Vacaresco. (Mills and Boon. 6s.)— None but crowned heads are allowed to appear in this story but the taste may be questioned which takes as a foundation for fiction the history of one of the most beautiful and unfortunate Empresses of modern times.—Margot Munro. By M. E. Hughes. (Same publishers. 6s.)—A modern novel of life in the provinces. It is to be hoped that it is the printer, and not the author, who believes that a "barometer" registers 80 deg. in the shade.— The Southerner. By Nicholas Worth. (W. Heinemann. 6s.)—A story of the Southern States of America in the years after the war. It is well written, and the opening chapters are especially interesting.