READABLE NOVELS.—Ccmcessians. By Sydney Schiff. (John Lane. 6s.)—Although the atmosphere
of mystery tends rather to evaporate than to be dispersed towards the end of the book, Concessions is a good story of intrigue in Paris and Italy and London.—Lucy Bettesworth. By George Bourne. (Duckworth and Co. 6s.)—Mr. Bourne fully under- stands the character and technique of the life of the Surrey labourer ; but, for his leisurely sketches of this vanishing race, he is content to rely rather on speculation than on facts.— Young Eve and Old Adam. By Tom Gallon. (John Long. 6s.)—Mr. Gallon cannot fail to be exciting, even when he concerns himself with the melodramatic and thoroughly unpleasant people, forgers and drunkards, who circle round the innocent figure of young Eve.—The Milky Way. By E. Tennyson Jesse. (William Heinemann. 6s.)—An incon- sequent, happy story of delightful young vagrants in a world of incredible kindliness.—The Mystery of the Green Car. By August Weissl. (Thomas Nelson and Sons. 2s. net.)—Mr. Weissl's book is a little hampered by the necessary transla- tion from the German: it is, however, a thrilling and detailed specimen of the orthodox detective story.
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