12 SEPTEMBER 1908, Page 25

READABLE NOVELL—Golden Threads. By Ernst Zahn. Trans- lated from the

German by Muriel H. Trollope. (Hutchinson and Co. 6s.)—A good story of life in a little Alpine community.— My Lost Self. By Arthur Marchinont. (Cassell and Co. Os.)— The tale of life among Italian brigands interests us much. But we are not impressed by the improbable introduction.—Ths Heart of the Peasant, and other Stories. By the Hon. Georgina O'Brien. (Sisley's. 6s.)—There is undoubted power in these stories. But why "pile up the agony" in such fashion?