OTHER NOVELS.—Robinetto. By Beatrice Sheepshanks. (Selwyn and Blount. : 7s.
Od. net.) Robinetta is a first novel and has all the-faults 'of-youth and inexperience. The theme is not original,- and the strong-man -hero behaves with extra- ordinary meanness • but the book is redeemed by the author's great powers in the description of the scenery of Kashmir and her considerable ability in the management of a dramatic situation. The reader will hold his breath during thz description of the attack of natives on the but in the hills. --A Lady in -Green Gloves. By Sylvia: Thompson. (Basil Blackwell. 6s. net.) This story as new in treatment, as the action is restricted to a long week-end, that is, the four days. of Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. The matter, however, is not so fresh as the scheme, and Miss Thompson's description of smart country-house conversation becomes a little tedious. This is a second book, and it seems impossible to avoid advising the author to refrain from writing more till she has some original- thought to put before her readers. —Patricia Ellen. By Mary Wiltshire. (Mills and Boon. 'Is. 6d. net.) A first novel which, though it will offend the taste of the literary reader, yet strikes so true a human note that the author's sentimentality will be half forgiven. There is very little doubt that Mary Wiltshire's novels will become popular with a large section of the public. If she will only give us less of what is vulgarly called " sob stuff," and draw more figures as true and entertaining as her sketch of Bill Loder, she will deserve the success which awaits her.
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