Raymond Lanchester. By Ronald Macdonald. (John Iliftirriy. 6s.) — This is an
exceedingly clever novel. The scene at the' beginning, in which the hero, Rayniond Lanchester, &Ines back unexpectedly at night to find his wife with her lover,is -almost- too poignantly painful, and Raymond's Quixotic condttet will hardly be approved by most readers. Indeed, when be sees the consequences he does not approve of it himself. Not only is-the story well written, but the plot is very well constructed, and the scenes with the touring company, though the author seems to feel they owe something to their august prototype, Mr.. Crummles, are in no sense imitative, but are altogether delightful. The only character who is not quite convincing is Diana Alston, usually called Divvy. She does not strike the reader as having been so good an actress as was obviously intended by the author. Dickey, the boy, is an adthirable study of a child, and altogether Mr. Ronald Macdonald deserVes much praise fCr a novel containing serious and well-thought-out Matter' admirably treated.
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