READABLE NOVELS.—Outside the Ark. By Adelaide Holt. (J. Lane. 6s.)—This
describes with much penetration the mar- riage of a genius, of fine character but secretive, with a shallower girl of uncontrolled imagination. Mrs. Holt sees tho human mass circumscribed (p. 246) and geniuses left outside the arc: the ark did not hold the mass and exclude the exceptions.—Growing Pains. By Ivy Low. (Heinemann. 6s.)—The development of an attractive but romantic and introspective orphan in middle- class, sometimes vulgar surroundings. Her childhood is the best part, though rather lengthily treated.—Jewels in Brass. By Jittie Rollick. (Duckworth and Co. 6s.)—Too clever to need the hints of metempsychosis or to be quite spoilt by some slight lapses of taste.—The Mighty Friend. By Pierre L'Ermite. (Benziger Brothers, New York. 6s. net.)—An American translation of an mauve couronne, which lauds the simple, religious, agricul- tural life in Northern France and decries commercialism and irreligious materialism. The anti-Semite feeling is strong.
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