20 JUNE 1908, Page 25

RZADABLIC Novite.—The Moth and the Flame. By Alice Maud Meadows.

(John Milne. 6s.)—A story of present-day life, con- trived with considerable skill; perhaps the rules of art demand a more tragical ending.—The Passion of Paul Marillier. By AdelineBergeant.. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—What Miss Sergeant wrote was always easy to read, for she had a practised pen, but this is not of her best.—Before Adam. By Jack London. (T. Werner Laurie. 6s.)—A morbid child dreams all kinds of horrors about the life of primeval man.