30 MARCH 1912, Page 24

READABLE NOVELS.—Fire in the Stubble. By the Baroness Orczy. (Methuen

and Co. 6s.)—A powerful story with a very heroic heroine who almost makes us content with the other characters in the drama.—Anton of the Alps. By W. Victor Cook. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—A story of a Russian vendetta. It is very good, though we can hardly believe that Tarosta was the villain of Anton's story.—The Town of Crooked Ways. By J. S. Fletcher. (Eveleigh Nash. Os.)—A lively story of the doings in a north. country town—surely not in Mr. Fletcher's beloved Yorkshire.