22 JULY 1916, Page 19

READABLE NOVELS. — The World-Mender. By Maxwell Gray. (Hutchinson and

Co. 6s.)—The boyhood and manhood of a Labour leader are ably depicted in this novel, which contains careful pictures of the social conditions before the war.—Shadows of YeAterday. By Marjorie Bowen. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 6 0— These sketches dual with the intimate history of exhibits in a little museum. They are almost without exception tragic, but are written with the author's well-known art.