READABLE Novsts.—The Perjurer. By W. E. Norris. (A. Constable and
Co. 6s.)—A modern story, of which the characters all belong to the world which Mr. Norris describes so ad- mirably.—The Red Saint. By Warwick Deeping. (Cassell and Co. Gs.)—A story of the Barons' War, temp. Henry III., very powerfully written. Grimbald the priest and Marpasse are specially fine studies.—The Wreathed Dagger. By Margaret Young. (Same publishers. 6e.)—The story belongs to the end of the struggle between King and Parliament. Sir Roger Arden, to whom the one thing to be desired is to keep the estate in the Arden line, is a subtle study.—Where Billows Roll. By Allen Raine. (Hutchinson and Co. Gs.)—A vivid picture of Welsh life; but the plot is somewhat absurd.—Saul of. Tarsus, By Elizabeth Miller. (Stead's Publishing House. 6s.)—The story ends with the crisis on the Damascus road.—A Royal Indiscre- tion. By Richard Marsh. (Methuen and Co. Gs.)—A well-told story, somewhat'on the lines of the "Princess Priscilla's Fort- night," but sufficiently novel.
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