Mr. Richard Marsh belongs to the younger generation of writers of fiction, and he can hold his own with the most brilliant of them. His qualities are originality of invention, a command over the weird and mysterious, a clear, straightforward narrative, and a bizarre humour, all the more telling because it flashes at unexpected moments across the page. In his new book, ‘The Confessions of a Young Lady,’ Mr. Richard Marsh’s remarkable powers are strikingly _en evidence_. It shows him at his best in the plenitude of his varied moods. The book will add much to the author’s popularity. =THE FATE OF FELIX.= By MRS. COULSON KERNAHAN The general reader loves a mystery. Mrs. Coulson Kernahan is evidently well aware of the fact, and caters for her public accordingly. In ‘Devastation’ she took the reader into her confidence in the beginning; in ‘The Fate of Felix’ she keeps her secret to the end. This book has a most amazing plot, and has a love-story running through it of a very unusual description. =LOVE AND TWENTY.= By JOHN STRANGE WINTER The qualities that created for John Strange Winter her immense popularity are pre-eminently conspicuous in ‘Love and Twenty.’ The book shows that the author can wield the pen with all her old mastery. There is the same richness of invention, the same simplicity of manner, the same warmth of colouring, and the same tender pathos. No woman writer indeed can contest John Strange Winter’s supremacy in her own dominion. =HIS REVERENCE THE RECTOR.= By SARAH TYTLER Miss Sarah Tytler’s new book deals with the personalities of an old-world type of county family, and incidentally discusses some semi-political questions and the problems of village life. Yet there is no lack of story, which is carefully constructed, written with the author’s accustomed polish, and may be recommended as among the best of the works of fiction penned by this thoughtful writer. =LORD EVERSLEIGH’S SINS.= By VIOLET TWEEDALE The love affairs of a modern peer best describes Violet Tweedale’s new book. It is a wonderfully strong story, is written with great cogence, and displays a grasp of character and a power of expression immensely in advance of anything the author has previously effected. In this novel the author has ‘found’ herself. =THE INFORMER.= By FRED WHISHAW Mr. Fred Whishaw here presents a convincing picture of an honest Russian official who, opposed to the apostles of violence and bloodshed in his unhappy country, finds himself in a position which grows hateful to him. So realistic are many of the incidents in this Romance of the Discontented, that the reader will probably come to the conclusion, perhaps a correct one, that Mr. Fred Whishaw has drawn upon actual facts rather than upon his unassisted imagination. =THE FACE IN THE FLASHLIGHT.= By FLORENCE WARDEN