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READABLB Novims.—Ifenry of Navarre. By May Wynne. (Greening and Co.

6s.)—As a romantic play of the same title as this book is being acted in London at the moment, it is sufficient to say that there is plenty of adventure and movement in the story to please readers who like this kind of novel.-- The Adventures of Louis Blake. By Louis Becke. (T. Werner Laurie. Cs.)—A disconnected, rambling account of a boy's adventures in the South Pacific. The descriptions are vivid and picturesque. —The Graven Image. By Mrs. Coulson Kernahan, (John Milne. es.)—A melodramatic story of a lonely country house. The adventures are exciting, and the author has been generous in the matter of quantity.—A Crime on Canvas. By Fred M. White. (Ward, Lock, and Co. 6s.)—The mystery underlying this detective story is a little inadequate, but the incidents are exciting—The Baronet's Wife. By Florence Warden. (T. Fisher 17nwin. 6s.)—An exciting modern story of crime and psystery.—The Isle of Lies. By M. P. Shiel. (T. Werner Laurie. 6s.)—A. modern story describing how tb child was educated far away from worldly distractions, on the highest scientific principles, and what was the result of the experiment.