20 JUNE 1903, page 25

Novels.

IN THE GUARDIANSHIP OF GOD.* MRS. STEEL has long since established her reputation as a sympathetic and acute interpreter of native life in India 'on a firm basis of achievement,......

The Wind In The Rose Bush. By Mary E. Wilkins.

(John Murray. 6s.)—When opening a book by Miss Wilkins, the last thing the reader expects is that she will "freeze his young blood," or "make his two eyes, like stars, start......

The Pinch Of Prosperity. By Horace Annesley Vaehell....

6s.)—The plot of this novel is founded on the likeness between two twin sisters, of whom the author might say with Antonio, "An apple, cleft in two, is not more twin Than these......

His Heart's Desire. By Katherine S. Macquoid. (hodder And...

6s.)—This is the story of Cardinal Richelieu, and if it will not increase the reader's respect for the historic personages drawn, it is at least an interesting study of a......