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READABLE NOVELS.—Marriage by Conquest. By Warwick Deeping. (Cassell and Co.

6s.)—A costume comedy, full of delicacy and happiness, with an admirable hers—Yes. By Mary Agnes Hamilton. (William Heinemann. ffs.)—Joan is a neurotic and exasperating young woman, but Miss Hamilton's study in temperaments is, on the whole, interest- ing. The title of the book remains inexplicable.—Jean Baptiste. By J. E. Le Rossignol. (3. M. Dent and Sons. 6s.)—This little story of French Canada has the air of a translation; its atmosphere is free and charming.-1–.4 Bride of the Plains. By Baroness Orczy. (Hutchinson and 0o. 6s.)—Baroness Orczy 's latest novel is a rather obvious Hungarian romance, written in her usual flowing style.