10 OCTOBER 1908, page 25

Readable Novsas.—catherine ' S Child. By Mrs. Henry De In...

Elder, and Co. 6s.)—This is an excellent story of society. We are inclined to think that it would have been better without the adventure ; but all else is admirable.— The Sunny......

Novels.

OVER BEMERTONTA THE narrator in Mr. Lucas's new book, which entirely justi- fies its sub-title, "An Easy-going Chronicle," is a man of fifty- five who, after thirty-three years......

69 Birnam Road. By W. Pett Ridge. (hodder And Stoughton.

6s.)—A small suburban villa is just the scene which we should expect Mr. Pett Ridge to choose for his story. The hero is a railway official not very highly placed, and not, one......