READABLE NOVELS.—The Cates of Tien The. By Loslif Howard Gordon.
(Hodder and Stoughton. 8s. 6d. net.)— The story of the baffling of a Chinese secret society which carriit on its activities in London. The episodes are exciting, but BA book is not written with sufficient care to bo convincing.— From the Vasty Deep. By Mrs. Belloe Lovrndes. (Hutchinson. 8s. fid. net.)—A story in which the crimes of the owner of WI picturesque " Wynclfell Hall " are brought to light by the spook[ • Seeds of Borth and sat. By Mr Bay LanIcester, F.B.S. London Methuen. lea. Od.1 The Black Krughl. By Mrs. Alfred Salvelek and Croable Garstin. Undoes Pinkish:son. ed. acid
which haunt the house. The figure of the very modern young lady called Bubbles is well drawn, but the book on the whole Is not up to the level which Mrs. Beim Lowndee has taught her readers to expect.—Quiet Interior. By K B. C. Jones. (Cobden-Sanderson. 8s. net.)—A wax story in which the characters live so quietly in their own interior during the struggle that the heroine and her younger sister do not think it necessary to participate in any sort of war work. The book is clever and gives excellent studies of everyday life, but the heroine is a tepid conscientious objector, and the author does not manage to make her a very sympathetic figure.—A Reckless Puritan. By Mrs. Victor Rickard. (Hodder and Stoughton. 8s. 6d. net.)—A story of the marriage of an Irish girl to a smart Englishman, who expects a certain amount of liberty in married life. The adven- tures of the heroine when she has left her husband are rather melodramatic. The opening scenes, laid in Ireland, are the beat.
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