The Man who Drove the Car. By Max Pemberton. (Eveleigh
Nash. 2s. net.)—A series of short stories written, as the title describes, by a "chauffeur" of rather doubtful honesty. Unfortunately, and perhaps on the principle that like appeals to like, Lal Britten, the man concerned, is almost always in the service of adventurers who are engaged in the most shady transactions. The stories, as can be surmised, are not distingnished in style, but the complica- tions are ingenious and some of the adventures exciting.
READABLE Novi:LB.—Princess Flower Hat. By Mabel Osgood Wright. (Macmillan and Co. 6s.)—A characteristic story of American life, commonly, but not always, pleasant reading. "I remember," says the heroine, "that I've resolved never to marry a divorced man." English girls are not compelled to con- sider these problems.—Through the Chrysalis. By F. F. Montresor. (John Murray. 6s.)—Babette is poor; a wealthy man thinks that she is his niece ; Babette knows that she is not. What is she to do P—A Blue Stocking in India. By Winifred Heston, M.D. (Andre* Melrose. 6s.)—" Blue Stocking" means " Woman Doctor." This is a vivid picture of life and work, which would, perhaps, have been better without the fiction.
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