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Star Of Mercia.* Probably There Is No More Difficult Branch

of the art of fiction than the writing of " historical tales." What shall be the author's point of view ? Shall he appeal to the reader through the patently imaginative......

Do'%ienico. By H. M. Anderson. (collins. 7s. 6d.)—in The...

of this book the reader will have hopes that the mantle of Mr. Richard Bagot has descended on the author. Unfortunately, the garment proves to be a world too wide, and after a......

Quest. By Rosita Forbes. (cassell. 'ts. 6d.)—this Book Is...

not as a novel, but as a record of the opinion of a woman traveller in Syria who is interested in the politics of that country. It is probable that Rosita Forbes talks rather......

Fiction. 4 Pilgrim's Rest.* Pilgrim's Rest Is Essentially...

with a hero. Hayman, a middle-aged miner and gold prospector, is leaving the South African " low country " for a securer and more settled existence on the Rand. He has been all......

Other Novels.

THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. By Philip Gibbs. (Hutchinson. 7s. 6d. net.)—Sir Philip Gibbs in his new novel writes with an awful impartiality. The story is negligible, and the......