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READABLE NOVELS.--Shepherd's Warning. By Eric Lead- bitter. (Allen and Unwin.

7s. net.)—A most idyllic and charming country story on Mr. Eric Leadbitter's usual lines. The tragedy of the helplessness of age has seldom been more faithfully rendered than in the character of old Bob Garrett, with his really delightful nature combined with his obstinate prejudices.— Star of India. By Alice Perrin. (CasselL 7s. net.)—An Anglo- Indian story chiefly concerned with the relations of an elderly man who marries his ward. As usual, Mrs. Perrin gives us realistic pictures of Indian life.