25 JULY 1914, Page 24

His Official Fiancée. By Berta Ruck (Mrs. Oliver Onions). (Hutchinson

and Co. 6s.)—This story is an ingenious variant on a not very new plot—that of the lover or husband who falls in love after a conventional engagement or marriage. In this case the engagement is at first purely nominal, but, as the experienced reader is not long in discovering, it is destined to end in a real love match. The story is written in the first person, and it is decidedly cheerful reading.