READABLE NovEvs.—Life is a Dream. By Richard Carle. (liegan Paul,
Trench, and Co. 6e.)—Although the dream is for the most part a dreary one, Mr. Curie endows his short stories with individuality and atmosphere above the common. —Liliecrona's Home. By Selma Lagerlof. (J. M. Dent and Sons. 3s. 6d. net.)—A translation from the Swedish of a gentle love-story, dependent for its chief interest on the accounts of local customs and traditions.—Splendrum. By Lindsay Bashford. (Chapman and Hall. 6a.)—The tracing of Basil Splendrum's development from Socialism and Love to a middle-aged, conservative life of business and contented domesticity, leaves us convinced that Mr. Bashford sympathizes with the earlier part of his career.—The Sea Captain. By H. C. Bailey. (Methuen and Co. 65.)—A vigorous story of the doings of an Elizabethan seaman, and of piracy in the Mediterranean: there are many adventures in it, many women, and a thrilling fight on board a galley.—The Wonder Year. By Maude Goldring. (Erskine Macdonald. 6s.)—The stage of the village of Water Elden is a little over- crowded ; but Miss Goldring has made a serious attempt to analyse the fight between new and old ideas.
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