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READABL.11 Novnus. — Borrowers of Fortune. By J. L. Herbert- son. (W.

Heinemann. 6s.)—A well-told story of an attractive girl cruelly wronged before the action really begins. The mother is an amusing character and well drawn.—Galbraith of Wanyates. By E. E. Green. (S. Paul and Co. 6s.)—Melodrama.