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READABLE NOVELS. —The Hand of Diane. By Percy Hartley. (T. Fisher

Unwin. 6s.)—" Diane" is the famous Diane de Poitiers—or some one else. This is a lively story, and it was not necessary to set it off with a French oath on every page.— Hawtrey's Deputy. By Harold Bindloss. (Ward, Lock, and Co. 6e.)—The principal superseded by his deputy is an old situation very well rendered here.—The Thirteenth Man. By Mrs. Coulson Kernahan. (Everett and Co. 6s.)—A vigorous story of life, but not of a life which takes probability for its guide.—The Fore- Runner. By Elwyn Thomas. (Lynwood and Co. 6s.)—A story of the Evangelical movement in Wales which received the first prize at the National Eisteddfod.