25 APRIL 1903, Page 39

He for God Only. By Kathleen Caftyn ("Iota"). (Hurst and

Blackett. 6s.)—It may be doubted whether it is really natural for any set of people to be so consistently disagreeable as the characters in this book. Saint and sinner—and both sorts are represented—they are all intolerable, and they are always trying to dig up their own feelings and sensations just to see how these emotions are getting on. There is an utter absence of simplicity of motive in the book, which makes the reader feel as though he were following the paths of an unending maze. The writing, also, is involved and conscious, which does not tend to elucidate matters. In short, though the book is not without a measure of cleverness, nothing in its pages really rings true.