, READABLE NOVELS.—Tales of the Tenements. By Eden Phillpotts. (Sohn
Murray. 6s.)—We must say that the aspect of Dart- moor revealed in this volume does not stir our hearts. These " Tales" are somewhat squalid, with an occasional relief of a grim humour, but not attractive.—The Tender Passion. By .M. B. Francis (Mrs. Francis Blundell). (John Long. Os.)— Fifteen short stories, all good, "The Maid who Knew her Mind" being, perhaps, the best. —The Missing Debora. By E. Phillips -Oppenheim. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—A very skilfully contrived -story, in which the secret is admirably kept.—The Girl in the Case. By Robert Barr. (Eveleigh Nash. 6s.)-1 story of the ways of American business. It has reached a second edition. Iacgueline, of the Carrier Pigeons. By Augusta II. Seaman. (Sidgwick and Jackson. 3s. 6d.)—A story of the siege of Leyden bythe Spaniards, very well told.—A Week at the Sea. By H. Avery. 'Stanley Paul and Co. Os.)—A very amusing story with a well- managed element of the serious.—Harmen Pots, Peasant. By Maarten Maartens. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—A very clever, but surely somewhat caricatured, picture of Dutch life and manners. —The Lame' Englishman. By Warwick Deeping. (Cassell and Co. 6s.)—A spirited story of the fall of the Roman Republic of 4850. The hero is a fine fellow, but the Commandments are 'Lbinding even on the most enthusiastic champions of freedom.
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