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READABLE Novms.—The Mystics. By Katherine Cecil Thurston. (W. Blackwood and

Sons. 3s. 6d.)—An exciting short story which has points of resemblance with the libretto of Meyerbeer'a opera, "The Prophet"—Sweet Rogues. By Owen Vaughan (Owen Rhoscorey1). (Duckworth and Co. 6s.)—An historical story of the Great Rebellion.--Privy Seal. By Ford Madox Hueffer. (Alston Rivers. 6s.)—A story of Tudor days, with a vivid, per- haps too vivid, rendering of Tudor manners.—The Man who was Dead. By Arthur W. Marehmont. (Cassell and Co. 13e.)— A story of "savage Europe," with a well-contrived plot.—How Doth the Simple Spelling Bee. By Owen Wister. (Macmillan and Co. 2s. 6d. net.)—A humorous satire on the reformed spelling. —A Bunch of Blue Ribbons. By George Morley. (Alston Rivers. 6s.)—Something of the " village tragedy" order, with some fine appreciation of Nature.