The Winds of the World. By Millicent Sutherland. (W. Heine-
mann. 6s.)—This little collection of love tales is decidedly above the average. There is a touch of poetry and imagina- tion about the stories to which the diligent reader of short stories is too much unaccustomed. "The Laureate" is the most remarkable for imagination, but "Mrs. Leonid" develops a touch of mystery which gives the reader a pleasant thrill. It is a daring deed to find fault with the method in which a Duchess chooses to handle the mysteries of the Peerage, but we should like to point out to the Duchess of Sutherland that she is mistaken in calling "Lord John Brinsley " a " sleepy nobleman." The statue of nobleman is in English law confined to Peers. The sons of Peers who are greeted by courtesy-titles are of course, and as all the world knows, commoners, and are not even allowed their courtesy-titles in legal documents except under the covering phrase of "commonly celled." Nevertheless "Lady Tote's Betrothing," the story in which this lapse occurs, is decidedly entertaining.
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