READABLE NOVEL9.—The Chinese Puzzle. By Marian Bower and Leon M.
Lion. (Hutchinson. 6s. 9d. net.)—A novel on the same theme as a play always suffers from being too dramatic. There are perhaps fewer " effective curtains " than is usual in the circumstances, but it is impossible to deny that it would be a better novel if there had been no play on the same theme.— Cocktails. By Lieutenant C. Patrick Thompson. (Collins. 7s. 6d. net.)—A collection of admirable short stories connected with the Air Force. Although they are necessarily grim, the author has a fine feeling for comedy, to which he gives effective play at every possible opening.—Under the Periscope. By Lieutenant Mark Bennett. (Same publishers and price.)—This collection may be considered a companion to the one above, being stories of the adventures of a submarine. The author has not been quite so successful in freeing his book from technicalities as the author of the air stories, but on the other hand, the book contains some delightful poems and " chanties " interleaved with the stories in the fashion with which Mr. Kipling has made us familiar.
Crabtree House. By Howl Evans. London : Grant Richard& [Th. net.]
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