READABLE NOVELS.—The Man who Paid. By Reginald C. Bolster and
Major O'Brien. (Alston Rivers. 6s.)—There is no particular interest or subtlety in this Indian story. It has, indeed, much in common with a Lyceum melodrama, including the blameless virtue of a heroine in distress.
The Vulgar Lover. By Vincent Brown. (Chapman and Hall. 6s.)—The plot of The Vulgar Lover moves swiftly, with a murder and a mystery, both finely conceived and worked out. To use one of the writer's more unfortunate expressions. it is " thrillingly vital."—The Story of Waitstill Baxter. By Kate Douglas Wiggin. (Hodder and Stoughton. 6s.)— Another story of that State of Maine which the author taught us to love in the Chronicles of Rebecca. Her style is, as usual, restrained and admirable, and Waitstill herself a most charming little figure.—The Passing of Oul-i-But and other Tales. By Alan Sullivan. (J. M. Dent and Sons. 6s.)—It is with relief that we turn from the usual romantic "short story " to Mr. Sullivan's American and essentially masculine tales of the Limited Express and great factories, of Eskimo and business men, to which his quick, emphatic style of writing is well suited.
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