READABLE NOVELS.—The Glorious Hope. By Jane Burr. (Duckworth. 8s. 6d.
net.)—An exposition of the working of the American divorce laws in Bohemian New York. The title of the book and the optimistic note which prevails throughout lead the reader to suppose that the impression produced is more damaging to the credit of that system and of that section of American society than the author is aware.—Love's Anvil. By V. I. Dmitrieva. (Stanley Paul. 8s. 6d. net.)—A transla- tion from the Russian. The story is very slight, the love interest extremely inconclusive, but the selfless devotion of Gomotchka, a medical girl-student, is portrayed with a power which is no doubt to some extent attributable to the autobiographical character of the book—Lady Bountiful. By George Birmingham. (Christophers. 6s. net.)—In a series of most entertaining stories Canon Hannay laughs at the world— more especially the Irish world. It is most kindly satire, however, and the world must, as always, laugh with him.
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