READABLE NovELs. — Patricia Pendragon. By G. Ward. (F. V. - White and
Co. 6s.)—A love story of the tragical sort. The Duchess and Mrs. Murdoch are striking characters.—Mark Ransom. By Munro Thomson (Andrew Melrose. 6s.)—The hero is a good study, but we do not think very well of the women.
The Reign of the Saints. By John Trevenna. (Alston Rivers. .6s.)—A savage political satire, not without power, but more than -verging on caricature.—A String of Beads. By Jittie Horlick. (Duckworth and Co. 6s.)—A very slight sketch of the career of
young lady, with reminiscences of other authorship in the chapters which describe her tours in a motor car. The coloured pictures of the hero represent him as a most objectionable -person.—Our Lady of the Leopards.—By Albert Dorrington.
• (Mills and Boon. 6s.)—An ingenious Indian story, chiefly con- cerned with the efforts of world-famous showmen to steal the -representative of the god Huniman from his shrine. The thief :and his accomplice go through many exciting adventures in their .quest.
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