READABLE Nova Ls.—The Agony Column. By C. G. Dawson Scott. (Chapman
and Hall. 6s.)—This clever story of a wife who is supposed to be an idealist makes rather dreary reading, and the author is content to leave her heroine in a hopeless plight.—Lady Etverton's Emeralds. By Dorothea Conyers. (Hutchinson and Co. Os.)—A lively modern story the subject of which is fairly described by the title, the emeralds in question dis- appearing in apparently mysterious circumstances.—The Man who Stole the Earth. By W. Holt White. (T. Fisher Unwin. 6s.)—The story of a man of determination, with a convenient genius for a friend, who invents mechanical marvels for his benefit.
Influences. By Paul Methven. (Chatto and Windus. 6s.)—The story of an unsophisticated country clergyman's daughter whose head is a little turned after her marriage by the pleasures of London.—The God of Love. By Justin Huntly McCarthy. (Hurst and Blackett. 6s.)—A tale of mediaeval Italy in which Dante is a prominent figure.—Great Heart Gillian. By John Oxenham. (Hodder and Stoughton. 6s.)—A very vivid picture of Breton life. Gillian and the cure are admirable figures.—The Trader. By Cecil Ross Johnson. (Duckworth and Co. 6s.)—The scene is laid among the islands of the Pacific, and we sea something of the devious ways of commerce in those regions.
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