2 DECEMBER 1916, Page 17

READABLE NOVEL9. — England Hatt Need of Thee. By Sydney O. Grier.

(W. Blackwood and Sons. 6s.)—An Anglo-Indian story in which an account is given of an expedition—which was a failure—to a native State in the extreme North-West—The Gamesters. By B.C. Bailey. (Methuen and Co. 58. net. )—A story in which the youthful Frederick the Great figures. The characteristics of German Crown Princes have apparently changed very little.—The Guiding Thread. By Beatrice Harraden. (Same publishers and price.)—A story of an unequal marriage and what came of it.