Orgxu Novas.—Man and Maid. By Elinor Glyn. (Duck- worth. 7s.
6d. net.)—Although Mrs. Elinor Glyn puts " Renais- sance " as the sub-title to her new novel, this must be taken to refer to the physical conditions of the hero and not to the matter of the story. The book, indeed, is an example of the pre-War fast. novel, and those who chance to like that particular school of fiction will no doubt be amused by it. Though written in a lively manner, it recalls the Family Herald method, popular in the later 'nineties.—Pillara of Salt. By Arthur Mills. (Duckworth. 75. 6d. net.)—" Madam, you live like a hog," is reported to have been the phrase used by the great physician, Sir Andrew Clarke, to one of his patients, and the same stricture might almost be applied to the personages of this story. Their serious occupation is hunting, and they reserve gambling, drinking, and drugging for more frivolous momenta. There is, however, a moral to the story. A young married couple are anxious to leave an heir to their title and estates, but put off the matter so that the wife may have another winter's hunting. A bad fall from her horse makes it impossible for her to have children, and this rather obvious catastrophe has a salutary effect on the mind of her sister-in-law.
As It Was in Eden. By Henry Farmer. (Page and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—A mystery story which will cause the experienced reader to smile at the naiveté with which the " Rue Gaboriau " is cited as the place to which the hero should repair and " bring two • The Mercy of Allah. By Hilaire Belloc. London : Chatto and Midas. [7s. Gd. net3
hundred pounds with you, or there'll be trouble." The dia. covery of the hero's missing wife through the medium of a fibs play reminds us that this new form of drama is likely to have rich results for the writers of sensational stories.
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