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READABLE Novms.—The Distant Lamp. By Harold Begbie. (Hodder and Stoughton.

6s.)—A. story of a brother's sacrifices, and the Children's Crusade of 1212, told with Mr.. Begbic's enthusiasm. — Round -About a Rectory. By the author of "Leaves from a Life." (S. Swift. 6s.)—Less a novel than a study, plainly based on fact, of parochial life in a rural back- water, with shrewd comments• on the poor law, &c.—The Fine Air of MoOning. By J. S. Fletcher. (E. Nish. 6s.)—The open- air chapters do much to redeem the tiresome vulgarity in the middle of the book.