14 APRIL 1923, Page 19

Madame Claire. By Susan Ertz. (T. Fisher Unwin. 7s. 6d.

net.) Surely no one but the author of a first novel, would be so rash_ as to take a woman of nearly eighty as the heroine of a story. The book, which deals with everyday life, has a certain merit, though it suffers from- faults of construction.