OTErEE NOVELS.—Pan and the Twins. By Eden Phillpotts. (Grant Richards.
7s. 6d. net.)—The perennially adventure- some must always command admiration. Again Mr. Eden Phillpotts breaks new ground. His latest book is a phantasy, in which all opposites appear to meet, shake hands, and go their various ways : Christianity and mythology, history and allegory, nature and civilization, the godlike and the brutish, the recon- elite and the commonplace.—Truth in a Circle. By Madame Albanesi. (Hutchinson. 7s. 6d. net.)—The story which supplies a title for this collection deserves to have the pre-eminence. Where all are good examples of the authoress's ability—and limitations—this little glimpse of charity triumphant strikes a effierent note and undoubtedly raises the level of the book's achievement.—The Woman and the Priest. By Grazia Deledda. Translated from the Italian by Mary G. Steegmann. (Jonathan Cape. 6s. net.)—The literal translation of the original title of this dramatic study in psychology is " The Mother." It is a pity that, owing presumably to its recent use by a writer of English fiction, it has been thought necessary to substitute for it another and less appropriate name. For, although the protagonists in the terrific two-days' struggle here depicted are a Sardinian priest and the girl through whom his temptation comes, it is really the noble and pathetic figure of his mother, who stands by him in the evil hour and dies at the moment of victory, that dominates and inspires the reader.
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