READABLE NOVELS.—Three Loving Ladies. By the Hon. Mrs. Dowdall. (Duckworth.
9s. net.)—In this novel we see Mrs. Dowdall's former heroine Susie as a middle-aged woman with daughters. The book is exceedingly readable and is enlivened by this author's usual touches of wit which have a decidedly subacid flavour.—Shadow and Sunlight. By E. L. Grant Watson. (Cape. 7s. 6d. net.)—The story of an Englishman in the tropics who leads a lonely life save for alliances with native women. A particularly foolish missionary thinks it would be a good thing that he should have an Englishwoman as his housekeeper, and the heroine, Eva Dixon, arrives, having accepted the post as a kind of mission. The consequences of her stay are disastrous to the missionary, with whom, of course, she falls in love.—The Early Hours. By Marmaduke Pickthall. (Collins. 7s. 6d. net.) —This book concerns the early days of the Young Turkish movement in which the prospects of reform seemed promising. The hero is a Turk. and the whole novel is concerned with Turkish life, in the description of which Mr. Pickthall is not only an adept, but has a way of convincing his readers.—The Education of Eric Lane. By Stephen McKenna. (Hutchinson. 8s. 6d. net.)—This is Part II. of The Sensationalist.% as to the appearance of which we had the most gloomy forebodings when Lady Lilith was noticed. The book is not a very notable speci- men of Mr. McKenna's particular art, and it is only to be hoped that a just retribution will overtake the heroine, Barbara Neave, in Part III., which we are told is in preparation.
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