READABLE NOVELS.—A Servant of Reality. By Phyllis Bottome. (Hodder and
Stoughton. Os. net.)—The opening chapters of this novel are admirable. They describe the psycho- logical condition of an officer freed by the Armistice after two years of captivity in Germany. The story does not keep quite up to its first level of excellence, but is nevertheless amusing reading.—Falling Waters. By Winifred Graham. (Hutchinson. 6s. 9d. net.)—The chief character in this novel is Sir Vaughan Vipon, a worldly philosopher who considers that what he calls " Age-Glory " is better worth having than the joys of youth. His conclusions arc, however, much modified by his falling in love with a young girl. Spade Work. By Mrs. Henry Dadeney. (Hurst and Blackett. Os. 91 net.)—This book is concerned with the transplantation of a mother and daughter from a life of poverty and hard work in Westminster to case and luxury in a country house. The daughter's love story ends in disaster. The description of the Sussex countryside and its inhabitants is drawn with all the author's usual ability and vivid characterisation.
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