22 MARCH 1913, page 30

Fiction.

BRIDE ELECT.* WHEN Theo Wynyard asked Guy Curtis, the clever but disreputable editor of the Moment, why his sister, a selfish minx, who had jilted Theo, had gone out of her way......

Readable Novxas.—sir Galahad Of The Army. By Hamilton...

Paul. 6s.)—.A. capital romance of Italy and the invading army of Charles VIII.—Mr. Sheringham and Others.. By Mrs. A. Sidgwick. (Mills and Boon. Gs.)—The melodrama of the......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading we notice seep Books of the week as hare not Sass reserved for review in other forms.] The Deaths of the Kings of England. By James Rae, M.A., M.D. (Sherratt......

The Divine Folly. By Ella Mac Mahon. (chapman And Hall.

6s.)—Whether it is possible for anyone to be quite so good as Ruth Frere, the heroine of this book, may be doubted, especially as the author has been careful to imply that Ruth......

A Runaway Ring. By Mrs. Henry Dudeney. (w. Heinemann....

Dudeney's portrayal of a tiresome, worthy, and exas- perating family of the name of Baigent can only be described as masterly. The reader will feel that he knows each member......

General Nogi, His Personality And His Death. By Kinya...

(H. K. Lewis, 136 Gower Street, W.C. 6d.)—The deaths of Count Nogi and his wife raised at the time of their occurrence much discussion upon the ethics of suicide. Mr. Tamara's......

The Early History Of The House Of Savoy (1000-1233). By

C. W. Previte Orton, M.A. (Cambridge University Press. 12s. 6d. net.)—Historical students will be glad to know of this monu- mental example of the modern " scientific" history.......

Passions Of Straw. By Evelyn F. Heywood. (methuen And Co.

6s.) — This book is chiefly concerned with the extraordinarily passionate nature of a family called Ponsfort, of whom the head is the Earl of Alverston. Julia, the daughter of......