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READABLE NOVELL—The Broad Walk. By Baroness Leonie Aminoff. (Constable and

Co. 63.)—A plotless picture of a large and affectionate Russian family of all ages, drawn with imagina- tive charm and intimate detail. So there can be cheerful Russians even in fiction !—A Slice of Life. By R. Halifax.- (Same pub- lishers and price.)—Though the curate's precipitate wooing strains belief, this la :a very good shun story, full of sympathy and with- out excess either of bad language or sentinientality.------The Silver Dress. By. Mrs. G. Norman. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—A mild, pleasant story of two well-bred lovers who persist a long while in their misunderstandings. --- The Moth. By W. D. Orcntt (Harper and Brothers. 6a.)—Husbands and wives in Boston,