READABLE NOVELS.—The Tay of These Wooten. By E. Phillips Oppenheim.
(Methuen and Co. Gs.)—A clever murder story in which only the most accomplished novel-reader will detect the real murderer. The psychological study of the hero's marriage at the end is a little out of key.-3farama : a Tale of the South Pacific. By Ralph Stock. (Hutchinson and Co. 6s.)—The heroine of this novel is a half-caste girl who has been brought up at a school in England in the belief that she is wholly white. The story is concerned with her enlightenment when she arrives in the Fiji Islands.— Simpson. By Elinor Mordaunt. (Methuen and Co. Ga.)- The story of a club of business men who vow themselves to bachelorhood, with the usual result.—One Man Returns. By Harold Spender. (Mills and Boon. 6e.)—An ingenious story about a temporary loss of memory and what happened when its victim on his recovery tried to claim an estate to which he was heir.