10 FEBRUARY 1923, Page 41

CLAIR DE LUNE. By the author of Jenny Essenden. (Constable.

7s. 63. net.)—In this novel the author gives us the sentimental history of an exceedingly neurasthenic musician. If the subject had been treated from a psychological point of view the story might have been of the very greatest interest. As it is, we get an account of the consequences of Charles Evelyn's state of mind, and the author, though producing a readable novel, does not obtain the greatest possible value from the theme which she develops.