6 JUNE 1908, page 24

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the wee?; as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] A Masque of Empire. By Mrs. St. Loe St rachey. (Hutchinson and Co.......

The Charm Of The English Village. By P. H. Ditchfield,

M.A. Illustrated by Sydney R. Jones. (B. T. Botsford. 75. 6d. net.)— Mr. Ditchfield has rendered the "charm" very successfully, Mr. Jones contributing not a little to the result......

Maroft. By John Ayscough. (a. Constable And Co. 6s.) —...

is of so serious a tendency that it might seem more appropriate to notice it under the heading of theological works than under that of fiction. Much of the scone passes in a......

Readable Novels.. — Dean's Hall. By Maude Goldring. (john...

story of country life some genera- tions ago, in which the Quakers play a prominent part.—The Wheel o' Fortune. By Louis Tracy. (Ward, Lock, and Co. 6s.) —The story of a......

The Cotswolds, Painted By G. F. Nicholls, Described By...

Duckworth, and The Peak Country, Painted by W. Biscombe Gardner, Described by A. R. Hope Moncrieff (A. and C. Black, 6s. each), carry on worthily a. series which has established......

The Triumph Of Socialism. By John D. Mayne. (swan...

and Co. 15.) — This is an amusing " skit " on Socialism, taking it at its weakest point, application to practice. What a Communist Ministry with the courage of its opinions......