Chum NOVELS.—Take of Love and Hate. By Charles Crichton. (Mills
and Boon. 7s. 6d. net.)—The title in this case is significant. Most of the stories in the book are of the violent order. But the laurels must be admitted to rest with the less passionate efforts, and more especially with `_` Pietro," an agreeable tale of a dancing bear, with which the collection opens.-7he Heritage of Cain. By Isabel Ostrander. (Hurst and Blackett. 7s. 6d. net.)—An American detective story, in which the mystery is well maintained throughout the book. As usual, the reader will regard with respectful admiration the faculty possessed by detectives for recognizing criminals from having seen a smudgy portrait reproduced in the daily t reas.—Living Dust. By Mrs. Henry Tippett. (John Bale, Sons and Danielsson. 8s. 6d. net.)—A story which, though we are obliged to consider it on rather oldfashioned lines, may prove a relief, to readers as containing little trace of modern psychological problems. Though the personages of the drama are conventional, the account of their doings is quite interesting. It is always, however, difficult to believe in the heroine who blossoms into a prima donna.—The History Of Alfred Rudd. By E. V. Odle. (Collins. 7s. 6d. net.)—An exceedingly entertaining account of the method by' which the hero becomes a music-hall comedian. There is much excel- lent observation and character-drawing in the book, parts of which are, however, disfigured by a sordid coarseness which it is difficult to belie... was entirely necessary.-3fanslaughter. By Alice Duer Idler. (Leonard Parsons. 7s. 6d. net.)—A clever novel of American life. Lydia Thorne, the heroine, is a great heiress of uncontrolled temper. While motoring, she runs over a policeman who is striving to arrest her for driving too fast, and kills hint. For this she is condemned to three years' imprisonment. The author's endeavour is to describe the psychological effect on Lydia's mind of this disaster ; but, though her intention is good, she does not work out her problem in sufficient detail for the result to bo entirely satisfactory. —A Year and a Day. By Guy Thorne. (Ward, Lock and Co. 7s. net.)—Perhaps the most interesting chapters of Mr. Thorne's new book are those devoted to a descrip- tion of life in a convict prison and to an analysis of the -awful mental torture endured by an innocent man unjustly condemned to penal servitude. The author's tendency to idealize the majority of his characters is patent, but rather pleasant in its effect.
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