22 MAY 1920, Page 21

READABLE NOVELS.—Staff Tales. By Captain W. P. Lipscomb, M.C. (Constable.

7s. 6d. net.)—Those who re- member the series of impressions in Punch which culminated with the extraordinarily funny tale of General " Ooom aah's " telephone conversation will welcome this collection.—Big Timber. By Bertrand W. Sinclair. (Hodder and Stoughton. 7s. 6d. net.)—A story of British Columbia of the cinema type.— The Moonlit Way. By Robert W. Chambers. (Appleton. 78. 6d. net.)—A competent story of spies in America.