21 NOVEMBER 1903, Page 8

Ralph Sinclair's Atonement. By Antony Sargent. (S.P.C.K.) —We have plenty

of incident, if of no very exciting nature, and change of scene in the story of Ralph Sinclair's success in making a fresh start. He allows even his own mother and sister to suppose that he jumped overboard from a steamer after robbing his employers. Eventually it is ascertained that he is alive; but bygones are bygones, and all ends happily. The plot is an old one, but probably the hero's ruse is by no means rare. Antony Sargent's Colonial colouring lacks conviction ; she—we think it inn= be "she"—had been wiser to keep to English life.