1 JANUARY 1916, Page 32

REsnesrm NOVELL—Pootli. By Ardeshir F. J. Chinoy, B.A., LL.B., and

(Mrs.) Dinbai A. F. Chinoy. (T. Werner Laurie. 6s.)—The authors of this novel may have a most accurate knowledge of life in Bombay, but they certainly cannot write good English.—The Story of Phaedrus. By Newell Dwight Hillis. (Duckworth and Co. as. net.)—This is a simply written but very ingenious story of the supposed first compiler of the Gospel narrative.—Midsummer Magic. By Walter Bamfylde. (Sampson Low, Marston, and Co. 6s.)—This romance is set in the Cotswolds, concerns many kinds of love, and is coloured with much folk-lore.