READABLE NOVELL—King of the Khyber Rifles. By Talbot Mundy. (Constable
and Co. 5s. net.)—A story of the North-West Frontier in the first months of the war. The hero is a Secret Service man, and the heroine an Eastern lady possessed of extra. ordinary powers and of astonishing beauty.—.—One Woman's Hero. By Sybil Campbell Lethbridge. (Methuen and Co. 5s. not.)—This story, which, according to the publishers, was written with the object of strengthening, and comforting the bereaved, will really be likely to have the opposite effect. Tho tragedy foreseen by the reader at the beginning of the book is anything but cheering reading:— Gone to Earth. By Mary Webb. (Constable and Co. Is. not.)—Astory of some very extraordinary people who live in South Wales, the heroine, who is half a gypsy, being only semi-civilized. The book is notable for the author's emcees in conveying to her readers the impression of free upon-air life in very wild country.—The Safety Candle. By E. S. Stevens. (Cassell and Co. Os. net.) —The chief part of the story passes in Sicily, and though the book is rather disagree. able, the background is exceedingly picturesque. The two heroines are Well contrasted, but it is difficult for the reader to have much sympathy with either of them.
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