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READABLE NOVELS.—Maids of Salem. By K. L. Mont- gomery. (John

Long. 6s.)—A placid, easily moving story of the days of witch persecution in New England.—The Keys of My Heart. By Violet A. Simpson. (Chapman and Hall. 6s.)—We can scarcely believe in Miss Simpson's men and women; but they are very amusing, and the story is full of incident.