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READABLE NOVELS.—The God in the Thicket. By C. E. Lawrence.

(Dent. Os. net.)—A poetic extravaganza which seems to have taken its origin from the Russian Ballet. It is perhaps refreshing in these prosaic days to exist for an hour in the world of fantasy.—Grey Dusk. By Octaves Roy Cohen. (Nash. 75. net.)—An American detective story in which the problem at the beginning is a murdered bride and a suspected husband. The plot is ingenious and the solution of the mystery

unexpected. God's Price. By Maude Leeson. (Allen and Unwin. 7s. 6d. net.)—The story of a divorce and re-marriage. The figure of Clemency, the useful help, is the most attractive In the book.