5 APRIL 1919, Page 20

READABLE NOVELS. —Love and the Crescent. By A. C. Inchbold.

(Hutchinson and Co. 6s. 9d. net.)—A very inter- esting account of the adventures of an Armenian family in Syria during the Great War. The horrors of the Turkish rule in Armenia are vividly described.—A Business Girl. By Mark Allerton. (Hodder, and Stoughton. Os. net.)—The " business " in which the heroine is engaged is that of a shorthand typist. The story illustrates some of the diffi- culties with which a bachelor girl has to contend.—Tyrian Purple. By Amy J. Baker (Mrs. Maynard Crawford). (John Long. 7s. net.)—Mrs. Maynard Crawford is not so interesting when trying to realize life in Israel in the time of Elijah as when writing of her native Australia. The book shows evidence of careful construction.