LIGHT FICTION.
THE FRONTIER MAN. By G. E. Milton and J. G. Scott. (John Murray. 7s. 6d. net.) These authors are always at their best In the scenes of their novels which take place in the East. The opening chapters of this story, which pass in Burma, are very readable ; the remainder is disappointing.
THEY LOVED GREATLY. By Katharine Tynan. (Nash and Grayson. 78. 6d. net.) A mild and sentimental little story told in Miss Tynan's usual manner. There is much comforting description of eating and drinking.
A WHITE MAN. By Mrs. Frances Everard. (Hutchinson. 7s. 6d. net.) A love story of Tunisia, in which the White Man, who finds out on his wedding morning that he is a half-caste, successfully courts death to set his wife free.
FETI/ERBEE FARM. By Marie Van Vorst. (Mills and Boon.
7s. 6d. net.) A sentimental American novel In which an unscrupulous business man is brought to better ways of thinking by his little daughter. Not equal to Miss Van Vorst's past work.
THE LUCKY NUMBER. By Ian Hay. (Hodder and Stoughton. 7s. 6d. net.) Readable short stories, of which the author gives a " cata- logue ralsonne " in the preface.
THE RETURN OF ANTHONY TRE'cr. By Wyndham Marlyn. (Herbert Jenkins. 7s. Od. net.) A stirring account of how Anthony Trent, the reformed American master criminal, tracks down an even more detestable scoundrel than he himself was before his conversion.
THE ROUSE OF FIVE SWORDS. By Tristram Tupper. (Hodder and Stoughton. 7s. 6d. net.) An American novel of delicate charm, centring in a romantic colonial house.
LAUGH AND GROW RICH. By Jack Kahane. (Grant Richards. 7s. 6d. net.) A rather pretentious but exceedingly frank and up.to-date study of a modern young man who engages in post-War trade, and a still more modern heroine. The conversations between the two are amusing.
THE FOUNTAIN OF GREEN FIRE. By Percy James Brebner.
(Hutchinson. 78. 6d. net.) A mystery story concerned with the usual Oriental jewel. The author is a master In producing thrills.
THE ILLUSION OF POSSESSION. By Patricia Wainley. (Cecil Palmer. 78. 6d. net.) An unpleasant story of modern London life.
ZARA THE CRUEL. Dr Joan Conquest. (Cassell. 7s. 6d.) Zara is a robber chiefta nest who rules by immoderate cruelty a band of robbers In the Arabian Desert. Vivid, but suggests pantomime each. time it approaches tragedy. THE MUTINY OF THE ALBATROSS. By William Grenvil. (Herbert Jenkins. 7s. 6d.) There is some excellent character drawing in this otherwise commonplace narrative of a film-land mutiny on board a yacht.
ZION. By D. L. Adler. (Jarrolds. 6s. net.) Zionism will cease to be a mere word to the Gentile who reads this story. Palestine calls to the young Jew and Bayswater calls to his wife. Their parting is Inevitable and our sympathy goes with both.
THE UPHILL CLIMB. By B. M. Bower. (Methuen. 7s. 6d. net.) The climb symbolizes a cowboy's efforts to give up drink. The story Is more amusing than most such purposeful tales.
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