29 MARCH 1913, Page 28

RZADABLII Novats.—A Knight of Spain. By Marjorie Bowen. (Methuen and

Co. 6s.)—An historical novel in which the hero is the illegitimate son of the Emperor Charles V. The local colour is cleverly laid on, but it is as well to warn the reader that the story never deviates into cheerfulness and ends in tragedy.