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READABLE Norma—Mr. Teddy. By E. F. Benson. (T. Fisher Unwin.

6s.)—A pleasant and peaceful little story of life in a provincial town. The hero is a delightful person, but he was obviously a more than indifferent artist.—A Spy for Napoleon. By May Wynne. (Jarrohls. 68.)—Fouche's counterplots to the Bourbon Plots supply the motive for this historical novel, which contains plenty of adventures.—The Flay Life. By Kettle Howard. (John Lane. 8a.)—The story of a music-hall artist • He Mors bard. By tapper." Lemke Bolder and Mangan,. 1:d. set.) who blossoms into what the Americans call a " comedienne." The adventures in the garden by the Thames are not very con- vincing, but the book on the whole is pleasant reading.—The Postmaster's Daughter. By Louis Tracy. (Cassell and Co. ihr.)-- A deteetivo story beginning in the orthodox manner with a corpse in a river. Tho situations are well worked out.