READABLE NOVELB.—N Indy-8;x Hours' Leave. By Stephen. McKenna. (Methuen and
Co. 6s.)—When an author who knows
how to write undertakes a " shocker " the results are delightful for the more frivolous-minded among his readers. The ninety-six hours' leave of Lieutenant Christopher Markham provides excitement and entertainment for all concerned, and certainly the gallant officer may be congratulated on not having had a dull minute in all these hours—Dear Yesterday. By Amy J. Baker (Mrs. Maynard Crawford). (John Long. Os.)—The beginning of the war as seen from the outskirts of the Empire must always be interesting to English readers, and this story of August, 1914, in the Transvaal is a well-drawn picture of the German intrigues which preceded Botha's famous campaign.—Emily Does her Best. By Mrs Horace Tremlett. (John Lane. 6a.)—This is another novel on the same theme as the story above, the scene here being Lourenco Marques, and the date the spring of 1916. There is a etrong vein of humour about the book, and the Emily who "does her best " is an excellent portrait of an exceedingly worthy but not particularly interesting middle-class girl of thirty.
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