20 NOVEMBER 1915, Page 34

READABLE NOVIOLI3. —The Bet. By Anton Tchekhev. Translated by S.

Kotelis.nsk3r and J. M. Murry. (Maunsel and Co. Be. 6d. net.)—These brilliant, coarse, absorbing stories are admirably translated.—Old Delabole. By Eden Phillpotts. (William Heinemann. 6s.)—In this, the second of his novels of industry, Mr. Phillpotts writes, with careful knowledge, of the slate quarries of North Cornwall.