READABLE NOVELS.—Morlao of Gascony. By Maud Stepney Rawson. (Hutehinson and
Co. Os.)—The descriptive work of this romance of Winchelsea and Rye in the time of Edward L is admirable, but the archaistic dialogue is vexing and unattractive.
The Mystery of Barnard Hanson, By Una L. Silberrad. (Same publishers and prioe.)—The solution of this detective story is not especially ingenious ; the unravelling of its plot„ however, is well and carefully done.-4 Chateau in Picardy. By T-Talliwell Sutcliffe. (Ward, Lock, and Co. 6.s.)—Mr. Sutcliffe's novel is pleasant enough, although he writes of the war as though it were a gentle comedy, and not a hard and awful tragody.—Becau.se of These Things. By Marjorie Bowes). (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—It is time that Wise Bowen freed herself from allegiance to historical romance ; her latest story, which is a study in opposed temperaments, would be muck more attractive in modern garb.
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