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READABLE NOVELS.—The Pursuer. By Morice Gerard. (Eveleigh Nash. 68.)—An exciting

modern story of adventure.—The amen Mummy. By Fergus Hume. (John Long. 6s.)—A story of the purchase by a Professor of the mummy of an Inca of Peru. Theft and murder figure largely in the novel.—Faith Unfaithful. By Fred E. Wynne. (Brown, Langham, and Co. 6s.)—A modern novel of which the moral is that unpleasant consequences follow when young gentlemen in moments of excitement kiss young ladies in conservatories.