22 JULY 1911, page 24

The Quarterlies.

THE " allocation," so to speak, with which the Quarterly concludes has in it much with which we agree. We see the same cause of the catastrophe which has prostrated the Unionist......

Novels.

THE GIRONDIN.t IT is characteristic of Mr. Belloe's method that he should make the scenes of this novel a mere footnote to the vital period of French history which is suggested......

The Queen's Hand. By Mrs. Baillie Reynolds. (mills And Boon.

684—This is a collection of short stories, of which much the best is the first, which gives its name to the volume. The little story deals with the convenient and attractive......

The School Of Love. By Priscilla Craven. (t. Werner Laurie.

6s.)—The situation round which the latter part of this novel is built is thoroughly conventional, not to say melodramatic. We have read thousands of times of brides who receive......

Readable Nover.s.—ths Muscled Ox. By Coralie Stanton And...

(Stanley Paul and Co. 68.) — A novel of high politics, telling how Queen Carlotta recovered the throne of Moravia, and how her financier profited by it.—Iustin Wise. By Alfred......