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OTHER NOVELS.—The Triumph of Galli°. By W. L. George. (Chapman

& Hall. 7s. 6d. net.)—The present writer cannot help being reminded by Mr. George's new novel of the witty answer given by a former President of the Divorce and Admiralty Court when asked why the two subjects were combined in his jurisdiction. "I suppose," said he, "it was because Aphrodite rose from the sea 1" The Triumph of Galli° is almost as much concerned with sex as with nautical matters, and the urge which makes the hero, Holyoake Tarrant, rise from being a pedlar to the possession of a fleet of ships is only equalled by the strength ct his feelings with regard to women. Though he makes a failure of both of his pursuits, the reader will follow his adventures with considerable interest. The whimsical end of the book comes as a surprise, but is extremely successfully carried out. Charnieuse. By E. Temple Thurston. (Cassell. 7s. 6d. net.)—It is to be hoped that ladies verging on the 'forties will not be persuaded by the author that a gown of the particular material called Charmeuse will make them, whether they are wearing it or not, return to the looks of five-and- twenty. Otherwise we are afraid Mr. Temple Thurston runs a risk of being lynched by a bevy of enraged and elderly Amazons.—The Single Heart. By J. E. Buckrose. (Herbert Jenkins. 7s. 6d. net.)—The story of two devotions on the part of the heroine—the first to a youthful lover, frustrated by the sudden illness of the object of the second devotion, her mother. Readers of Miss Buckrose's former works will find this a satisfactory example of her methods.