17 MARCH 1917, Page 21

READABLE NOVELS. —Thin Way Out. By Mrs. Henry Dudeney. (Methuen and

Co. 6s.)—A minute study of an almost incredibly wicked and unattractive man. The workmanship of the book is as usual most aecomplished.—Magple. By Baroness von Button. (Hutchinson and Co. 6s.)—A modern story, told in the first person by an old bachelor, of a girl whom he finds living with her father in a " model building " in Pimlico and whose artistic education be promotes.

Brown Amber. By W. B. Norris. (Same publishers and price.)— A story in which a mascot—a piece of brown amber which is constantly changing hands—plays a large part.