OTHER NOVELS.—Towards Love. By Irene Rutherford McLeod. (Heinemann. 6s. net.)—This
deals with the Great War from the conscientious objector's point of view. The scene in the French dressing station is ghastly. So, in a different way, is the return of Michael from prison, broken and consumptive, to find his wife in the agony of childbirth. The book and others like it have value as being so many stones flung at the Juggernaut of war.—Jimmy, the New Boy. By Archibald Marshall. (Wells Gardner, Darton and Co. (Is. net.)—This schoolboy tale is thoroughly good, both in manner and morale. An excellent present for "Dad" to give, and if he spends a happily reminiscent hour dipping into it in the seclusion of the study, who will blame him ?—We Women ! By Countess I3arcynska. (Hurst atid Blackett. 7s. 6d. net.) The story of two girls struggling to make an honest living. It is true to life in parts. There Was a Veil. By Emmeline Morrison. (Long. 7s. 6d. net.)—As we are explicitly told on the wrapper that this is a romance of irresistible charm and has won five hundred pounds, what is there for us to say ? The praise is already given. To blame would be temerity.—Dorothy, the Rope-Dancer. By Maurice Leblanc. (Hurst and Blackett. 7s. 6d. net.)—Leblane's stories have been compared to Sherlock Holmes, but they miss the inimitable air of the quietly con- vinced raconteur.—John Clutterbuck. By Judge Ruegg, K.C. (Daniel. 7s. (Id. net.)—A good example of what may be called the " forensic " detective story. The solution of the mystery will not, however, absolutely convince the reader. --The Red Lodge. By Victor Bridges. (Mills and Boon. 75. 6d.)—An excellent seven-and-sixpenny shocker crammed with adventure and coineidence.--Six Days. By Elinor Glyn. (Duckworth. 7s. 6d. net.)—The strong, silent hero and beautiful heroine are entombed in an abandoned dug-out. Senator Enrico Corradini states very clearly why some Italians—not, we trust, the majority—distrust the League of Nations. "The new spirit in Italy is very far removed from the pacific aims of the League of Nations." "Italy aims at expansion"; England expanded into an Empire, and why should not Italy? The League is but "the political tool of a few nations." The Senator's views presage anything but a tranquil future for Europe. Mr. Amery presents his well- It is a pity that the story is not of sufficient length to end known views in an address on "The Kindred Fallacies : Free with their escape, and that the author should be obliged to invoke the aid of an undelivered letter to provide a further nine chapters.—Morry. -By Robert -Bison. (Hutchinson. 7s. 6d. net.)—This is an intellectual example of the ordinary compendium of short mystery stories, the sage who solves every enigrrna being a distinguished lawyer.—When It was June. By Alice Lowther. (Hogarth Press. 4s. net.)— A volume of short stories exhibiting observation and sentih -ment.
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