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 Circumstances. By Gordon Holmes. (Mills and Boon. 6s.)—A tale of ingeniously contrived mystery.—The Heart of Hindustan. By Edmund White. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—Powerfully drawn pictures of Hindu and Moslem life, with what look like portrait-figures of British officials. An Apprentice to Truth. By Helen Hunting- ton. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. 6s.)—Many scenes in this story are good, but the whole is not proportionately effective.—King and Captive. By A. Whisper. (W. Blackwood and Sons. 6s.)— A striking picture of Egyptian life in the time of Rameses H. and the Hebrew oppression.
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