31 JULY 1909, Page 23

RICADABLE NOVEL8.—Cousins and Others. By Katharine Tynan. (T. Werner Laurie.

6s.)—A book of very pleasant stories, the first of which is a little long to be called a " short story " in the ordinary sense of the word. The others, however, are- exactly of the length to which that title is applied.—The Doctor Wife. By Colette Yver. Translated by Anna, Comtesse de Bremont. (Hutchinson and Co. 6s.)—A. translation of, a French novel dealing with the indescribable dreariness and discomfort of a. household in which both husband and wife are doctors in full practice.