26 APRIL 1919, page 20

Some Books Of The Week.

/Notice in this column does not necessarily prelude tuboequent review.] THE QUAHTSRLIBS.—The Edinburgh Review for April is an exceptionally good number. Sir Lynden Macassey,......

Readable Rovel9.—the Golden Rope. By J. W. Brodie- Lanes....

Lane. 7s. net.)—A modern story of a mediaeval castle in which lives a lady known as " the Fatal Countess." In spite of the trapdoors and secret passages, the reader will find......

In Tidal Waters.*

Me. FRANCIS COOTIE is an old and tried friend of the small yachtsman. His hipts on cruising and seamanship for small yachts have been valued for many years by those amateurs who......

Fiction.

MIDAS AND SON.* &roux of its modern trimmings, the theme of Midas and Son is as old as the New Comedy,for it is none other than that of the son of a rich father who wishes to......