15 MAY 1920, Page 22

READABLE NovErs.—A Bit at a Time. By Dion Clayton Calthrop.

(Mills and Boon. '78. net.)—Attractive pieces of nonsense and fantasy.—Admirai Teach. By C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne. (Methuen. 7s.)—Compounded according to the original Captain Kettle receipt.—The Terrible Island. By Beatrice Grimshaw. (Hurst and Blacken. 7s. 6d. net.)—An ingenious adventure story.—The Gods of Mars. By Edgar Rice Burroughs. (Methuen. 6s. net.)—Full of strange things and events. Strangest of all is the grammar in which the book is written.—The Call of the Offshore Wind. By Ralph Paine. (Constable. 7s. 6d. net.)—A pleasant sea story.