18 JANUARY 1908, Page 24

• READABLE NoveLs.—The Spanish Prisoner. By Mrs. Champion de Crespigny.

(Eveleigh Nash. 6s.)—An excellent story of the early days of the last century—the prisoner is taken at Trafalgar —with a most cleverly contrived surprise.—Love Without Wings. By A. V. Dutton. (Hurst and Blackett. 6s.)—The story of an unhappy marriage, and written with some power.