13 NOVEMBER 1926, Page 30

THE CHILDREN OF THE BETRAYER. By Evelyn S:Mth. (Nisbet. 7s.

Od. net.)—A rather childish story of the Scottish glens under James L's rule. The tams of phrase by which the authoress seeks to convey the savour of the Celtic speech become somewhat tedious and affected after a little, and the story is not told as straightforwardly as its bleak and dramatic proportions demanded. It concerns the feuds between neighbouring clans of the rough northland, and the pain and suffering which they brought to the women of those old turbulent days.