30 JUNE 1917, Page 20

Thc Massareen Affair. By R. K. Weekos. (Edward Arnold. 13s.)

—An account of an irregular alliance undertaken from original inotivea.—In the Night. By R. Goren Barnes. (Longmans and Co. 4s. 6d.)—A story with a mysterious murder in the first chapter. The honest reader who does not look at tho end will find it difficult to detect the murderer.—The Chief Legatee. By Anna Katharine Croon. (Evoloigh Nash. 5a.)—A novel concerning a vanishing bride, who possesses something of the well-known characteristics of the Cheshire Cat.