16 DECEMBER 1916, Page 17

READABLE NOVELS.—William by the Grace of God. By Marjorie Bowen.

(Methuen and Co. 5s. net.)----An admirable novel with William of Orange as its hero.—The Dividing Sword. By Harold Spender. (Mills and Boon. Os.)—An account of the sad fate of a Gorman Count and his English bride at the outbreak of war. Tho Count refuses to return to Germany, whore he is ordered home not to take up military duties but to become a spy.