28 MARCH 1908, page 25

Novels.

THE FLY ON THE WHEEL.* IT is interesting to trace the development of the Irish, or perhaps we should say the Anglo-Irish, novel from the time of Lever and Carleton down to the......

Readable Novelil—many .tunes. By Archibald Marshall....

modern novel, which, in spite of its name, leaves the reader with rather a sad impression on his mind.—The Scourge. By Warrington Dawson. (Same pub- lishers. 6s.)—A story of the......

By Bight Of Purchase. By Harold Bindloss. (john Long. 60

—Mr. Bindloss is always interesting on the subject of his own country, but his present book does not quite reach the level of some of his former works. It is probably inevitable......

Perdita.t

THE long bibliography added to this book shows that the author has taken pains to verify his romance. He has made use of many of the private Memoirs of the time, especially......

The Ancient Law. By Ellen Glasgow. (a. Constable And Co.

6s.) —Though written in a different vein from some of Miss Glasgow's other books, none the less this story furnishes very excellent reading. The hero of the novel, which is of......