Women in Love. By Alfred Satre. (George Allen. 6s.)—Mr. Bistro's
little book of studies may be stigmatised as neither fish, flesh, fowl, nor good red herring. The sketches are dialogues with lengthy stage directions, but they are hardly sufficiently dramatic to be intended for acting. Mr. Sutro has a great liking for delicate situations, but even without a prejudice in favour of honest love-making, we should call the two sketches, "A Game of Chess" and "A Maker of Men," much the best in the book. The former is not more than very pretty reading, but "A Maker of Men" really shows insight into the nature of women. Of course it is not original, but the subject is an old one which has always interested mankind. This particular aspect of it has been treated by other writers, in particular by George Eliot in "Amos Barton," and admittedly that treatment is "bad to beat." Still, Mr. Sutro is to be congratulated on the sketch, which is doubly pleasant to read after his rather dreary and tedious excursions into the realms of the demi-monde.
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