23 JANUARY 1915, Page 24

READABLE NOVELIA—Arundei. By E. F. Benson. (T. Fisher Unwin. 6s.)—Mr.

Benson is developing a dangerous tendency to conventionality and caricature ; but here and there in Arundel he gives us of Lis best work.—But She Meant Well, By William Caine. (John Lane. 6s.)—A pleasant and truly humorous comedy of a few weeks and of a child's capacities for mischief.