25 NOVEMBER 1911, page 27

Novels.

THE NEW BROOM.* Ws congratulate Mr. Turley on the- inclusion of his new school story in the excellent two-shilling series of new novels inaugurated by Messrs. Nelson. As we have......

Mother Carey. By Kate Douglas Wiggia. (hodder And...

is a story of the efforts made by an admirable and attractive widow to bring up her family of children. The book is a little spoilt to English eyes by the rather luscious......

The Odd Volume. Edited By John G. Wilson. (simpkin, Marshall

& Co. ls. net.)—What better recommendation could there be than good reading, good pictures—look at Mr. G. K. Chesterton's presentment of "Rashleigh Osbaldiston " and Mr. J. A.......

Tante. By Anne Douglas Sedgwick (mrs. Basil De...

Arnold. 6s.)—This is an extraordinarily able book, though the reader will close it with a slight feeling of exasperation against all the characters. The picture of the great......

Philip's New Historical Atlas. By Ramsay Muir, M.a....

and Son. 9s. or 12s. 6d. net.)—This is a very complete and comprehensive work. It is in four sections. In the first we have maps of Europe and the non-European Mediterranean......

Week.

[Under this heading re notice such Itcoks of the neck as hare not been reserved for review in other forms.] Betting Newspapers and Quakerism.—We have received a copy of a......

A Defence Of The Church Of England Against...

Bounden, Earl of Selborne. (Macmillan and Co. ls. net.)— This book, sailed forth by some observations made by Mr. Glad- stone in an election address in September 1885, has been......

Readable Novels.—the Taming Of John Blunt. By Alfred...

and Co. 6s.)—The story of a Socialist journalist with whom the author is in complete sympathy. The reader will be inclined to inquire what action the hero's principles caused......