16 APRIL 1910, page 23

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as hove not hems reserved for review in other forms.] The London Quarterly Review.—We much regret that for reasons of space......

Readable Novels.—why Did He Do It ? By Bernard Capes.

(Methuen and Co. 6s.)—We do not feel quite certain about the answer when we reach the end. But the search for it is interest- ing. Mr. Capes provides for that.—By Force of......

An Interrupted Friendship. By E. L. Voynich. (hutchinson...

6s.)—Although this book will prove somewhat mysterious reading to people who do not remember Mrs. Voynich's earlier novel, "The Gadfly," they will really get more satisfaction......

Novels.

A STEPSON OF - THE SOIL.* MRS. SKEINE'S admirable novel is one of those unfortunately rare books which, without extenuating the hard facts of life, maintain and raise one's......

A Cotswold Family.*

WHO are the " Hickses "? Our author is inclined to connect the word with the tribal name Hwiccas. The etymology may be correct, though we must own that it does not satisfy us.......