READABLE NOVELS.—The Years for Rachel. By Berta Ruck, (Hodder and
Stoughton. es.)—A story of a very long engagement, of which the reader will get almost as tired as did the heroine. Her sudden marriage to an enterprising flying man at the end of the book will surprise nobody.—Footsteps. By Dorothy Percival. (John Lane. 6s.)—Describes a drunken father who neglects his grown-up daughter, in a bungalow in the Canary Islands. The last part of the story, which concerns a war wedding, seems a little out of tone with the beginning.—The Chestermarke Instinct. By J. S. Fletcher. (Allen and ITnwin. 6s. )—A detective story beginning with the disappearance of a bank manager. The details are excel- lently worked out, and the mystery well sustained to the end.-- The Best in Life. By Muriel Hine. (John Lane. 6s.)—A fairly innocent adventuress is the heroine of this novel. The scene is laid in Venice, and the charm of the lagoons is very happily indicated.
• 'he New Moon : a Romance 01 Reconstruction. By Oliver Onions. ) ondOn: Hodder and Stoughton. (es.)
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