27 JULY 1912, page 25

Fiction.

LOVE AT PADDINGTON.* MR. PETT RIDGE has got rather off the lines in his latest story, and it will be the concern of every reader who knows the genuineness of his Cockney......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under This heading we notice such Books of the week as hare not been teemed for review in other forms.1 The Lady Next Door. By Harold Begbie. illustrated. (Hod- der and......

The Consort. By Mrs. Everard Cotes (sara Jeannette...

Paul and Co. 6s.)—This is the story of a middle-aged politician married to a lady who for riches and political influence can only be compared to the late Lady Burdett-Coutts. It......

Readable Novel8.—a Super Man In Being. By Litchfield...

Swift. 6s.)—The study of the blind professor ie a clever tour de force. Those with whom he plays, with outrage er self-sacrifice, are incredibly spiritless people of straw.—The......

Presidential Addresses To The Society For Psychical...

Edwards, London. 9s.)—For any one who desires to learn about the objects and methods of the Society for Psychical Research this collection of the presi- dential addresses......

The Excavation Of Gezer, 1902 - 1905 And 1907 - 1909. —...

Macalister. 3 vols. (John Murray. £4 40. net.)—Two large volumes of letterpress and a third of illustrations are the fruit of Professor Macalister's five years' excavations at......

New Editions.—syndicalism And Labour. By Sir Artht Clay,...

Murray. ls. net.)—An abridged and cheap reprint of Sir Arthur Clay's admirable criticism of Syndicalism is most welcome. Since the work originally appeared last August there......

The Thorn Bush Near The Door. By Sophie Cole. (mills

and Boon. 6s.)—This book is mainly an interesting description of everyday life in London, though in one episode it plunges into tremendous drama. Although the drama is well done......