24 JANUARY 1903, page 23

Tha Story Of Leah. By Harry Lindsay. (chatto And Windns.

6s.) — It is a I extremely dangerous thing for an aunt and niece who are mu h of an age to possess the same Christian name as well as the same surname. In this unfortunate......

The Motor Maniac. By Mrs. Edward Kennard. (hutchinson And...

6s.)—Like some other motor-car novels, Mrs. Kennard's book is fairly good, though with a tendency to a caricature, even when it deals exclusively with cars. When, however, it......

The Fate Of Valsec. By J. Bloundelle-burton. (methuen And...

6s.)—There is something dramatic in the way in which the old regime in Naples and the new regime in France are contrasted. Berthe de Croissant flies from the vengeance of......

Under The Iron Flail, By John Oxenham (cassell Co.,

6s.), takes us to a later period in French history, a period abounding in incident and contrast. Charles Glyn, who has come to spend his holiday with his mother in Brittany—he......

C Urrent Literature.

The World's Work for February (W. Heinemann, ls. net) is an excellent number, and we congratulate all concerned in its pro- duction, not only for the reading matter, which is......

We Are Glad To Note The Reissue In Book Form

of the remarkable series of articles on the war in South Africa contributed by M. Tallichet and M. Villarais to the Bibliothique Universelle of Lausanne. We have commented from......

The Adventures Of A Microman. By Edwin Pallander. (digby,...

and Co. 6s.)—Professor Hassler, of Richmond, discovers a certain gas which he calls " microgen." It has the power of diminishing to the very minutest proportions any living......

The Ancestor. (a. Constable And Co. 6s. Net.)—we Have...

the fourth volume of this "Quarterly Review of County and Family History." Every article is written by one who can claim the qualification of an export. It will suffice,......