OTHER NOVEr.S.—Secret Cards. By J. J. Bell. (Hodder and Stoughton.
75. 6d. net.)--It will not be alone admirers of Wee Macgreegor who will appreciate Mr. Bell's most recently pub- lished book. Secret Cards, the story of the nefarious doings of an unscrupulous firm of money-lenders and of the final triumph of their several victims, is written with so much spirit and spontaneity that even the violence to probability which its opening chapter evinces will hardly deter any reader from finishing the book at the earliest opportunity.--Captaia Quality. By E. A. Wyke Smith. (John Lane. 7s. 6d. net.)— It is possible that long after the reader has forgotten the story of Captain Quality the flavour of the book will remain with him. There is much virtue in a delicate sense of humour and in a fresh turn of phrase, and this little romance of highwaymen and duellists and Vauxhall rakes and beauties is distinguished by a liberal share of these qualities. The period in question—the latter half of the eighteenth century—is made to live again quite vividly, and the author's inventive genius in the matter of names, witness Mr. Pm.veysnaith, Sir Thomas Mash, Mrs. Snitchery, &c., has helped him not a little in this achievement.
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