[12] ‘Making’ a switch is switching on. ‘Breaking’ a switch is switching off. [13] Mines. [14] Naval Store Officer. [15] The overhang of the stern. [16] Senior Naval Officer. [17] Ampères. GLASGOW: WM. COLLINS SONS AND CO. LTD. COLLINS’ :: NEW :: BOOKS _Large Crown 8vo_, 6s. _net, except where otherwise stated_ THE JERVAISE COMEDY By J. D. BERESFORD (Author of ‘GOD’S COUNTERPOINT’) _The Jervaise Comedy_ is one of Mr Beresford’s lighter books, and the whole action is played within twenty-four hours. Nevertheless, within that time the principal person of the story meets with a series of adventures that changes his whole way of life; while the crisis with which the book opens determines the career of one, at least, of the members of the Jervaise family in whose country house the scene is laid. THE SEEKERS By HUGH F. SPENDER (Author of ‘THE GULF’) This is a novel dealing with Spiritualism, and the pernicious effects of seances and spook-hunting are illustrated in the history of John Havering. He is one among many ‘Seekers’ in the book, who all in their way endeavour to solve the mystery of the future life. The story has a romantic interest in the love affairs of Irene Hoey and Mary Havering, two strongly contrasted characters, and the plot involves a mysterious murder, which gives the excitement of a detective story to the book. There is also a political interest in _The Seekers_ in the career of Ernest Beaufort, the Leader of the ‘People’s Party’; while the religious interest is to be found in the characters of the Vicar of Siltrop, Peter Silas the Quaker, and Mary Havering. THE GRAFTONS By ARCHIBALD MARSHALL The Grafton family, settled happily in their beautiful country home, Abington Abbey, have reached the point in life where matrimonial developments may be expected to change its easy flow. The father is a well-preserved widower of fifty; two of the daughters are grown up. The story chiefly concerns their love affairs, but deals also with their country neighbours, and the give and take of English country life just before the war. The country around the village of Abington is well supplied with large houses, rectories, and vicarages, and from each of them, as well as from the greater world of London, come people, old and young, agreeable and disagreeable, to play their part in the comedy that centres around the Graftons. The novel also contains scenes laid in Paris, and one in the mountains of Switzerland. WITHIN THE RIM By HENRY JAMES (Author of ‘THE IVORY TOWER,’ ‘THE SENSE OF THE PAST,’ etc., etc.)