READABLE NOVELB.—Moulablidge. By John Ayscough. (Chatto and Windus. 6s.)—An account
of life in an English country town. "John Ayscough's" usual readers will not be surprised to find that most of the good people in the book become Roman Catholics.—The Price of Delusion. By Sir William Maguey, Bart. (Stanley Paul and Co. 6s.)—An amusing detective story in which it will take tbe reader a very long time to discover the real villain of the piece.—Barbara and Company. By W. E. Norris. (Constable and Co. 6s.)— A volume of what are, in effect, short stories of contemporary life, Mr. Norris's middle-aged heroine Barbara being the chief connecting link between them.—d Castle in Bohemia. By David Whitelaw. (Hodder and Stoughton. 6s.)—A story concerned with a secret society, a murder, and a romantic castle. It is quite well executed, but the author should abandon his practice of perpetually alluding to his hero as "The Honourable Herbert."—The Making of a Soul. By Kathlyn Rhodes. (Hutchinson and Co. 6s.)—In this novel the hero marries his typewriting secretary out of pique at Laving been jilted by aqother lady. He, of course, subse- quently falls in love with his wife. If the theme is a little well-worn, it is adequately treated, and the heroine is an attractive figure.
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