26 APRIL 1913, Page 41

READABLE NOVELS. — Mixed Grill. — By W. Pett Ridge. (Hodder and Stoughton. 38.

6d.)—A collection of short stories which, while some of them are very entertaining, are not all quite equal to the reputation of their author—Karen of Lowbole. By Una L. Silberrad. (Constable and Co. 6g. )—A story of the eighteenth century chiefly concerned with alchemy. It is not quite so success- ful as the author's modern novels.—Under the Black Eagle. By A. W. Marchmont. (Ward, Lock and Co. 6s.)—A story of modern Russia in which the events are both melodramatic and exciting.