20 APRIL 1918, Page 16

READABLE NOVELS.—Mulberry Springs. By Margaret Storrs Turner. (T. Fisher Unwin.

6s.)—The opening chapters of this book, in which a charming, irresponsible artist leaves his beautiful grown-up daughter to shift for herself in the world, give promise of a more entertaining sequel than is provided in the description of life at Mulberry Springs. It shows, however, decided promise for a first novel.--The Splendid Folly. By Margaret Pedler. (Mills and Boon. 6s.)—A musical story in which the conflicts of love and artistic ambition are cleverly drawn.—The Fifth Wheel. By Olive Prouty. (Cassell and Co. 6s.)—This gives some entertaining descriptions of the life of Transatlantio society climbers. The methods differ slightly from those in vogue in England.