25 APRIL 1908, Page 39

The Amateur Adventuress. By Frankfort Moore. (Mitchinson and Co. 6s.)—This

is a pleasantly written little story about a young lady who gets so tired of a quiet life in the country that she determines to spend half her Capital in having what Americans Call a perfectly splendid time for about a year. The etperienced novel-reader will know very well, when reading the account of Kate Grayson's interview with het lawyer, that the despised Aguardente shares will end in making Kate the heiress which she pretends to be. The account of the winter spent by Kate and her companion at Portofino is quite amusing reading, and the love-stoty introduced is adequately interesting.