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THE BROKEN CUP. By E. 0. Browne. (Hodder and Stoughton.

7s. 6d.)—This is a romance, charming rather than thrilling, of England under the Norman Conquest. The central figure is Edgar, heii of the old English Kings, whose far-seeing and self-effacing love for his own country is contrasted, in a series of forceful scenes and incidents, with popular patriotism and contemporary chivalry. It is a competent study, em- broidered with an imaginary love. affair, but well founded on fact, and pervaded by fine spiritual insight and idealism.