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READABLE NOvEts.—Impatient Griselda. By Laurence North. (Martin Seeker. 6s.)—A story

of a modern girl who develops her artistic talents to the detriment of her love affairs,—Fhyllis in Iliddlewych. By Margaret Westrup (Mrs. W. Sydney Stacey). (John Lane. Os.)—A series of sketches of which the central figure is Phyllis Cartwright, a charming little girl who lives with her father and mother in.a country village.—Fortuna Chance. By James Prior. (Constable and Co. 6s.)—A good picture, if some- what overloaded with detail, of England in the days of the 'Forty, Ave.—The Lever. By William Dana Orcutt. (Harper Brothers. 6s.)—A good story of American life.--John Merridew : A Romance. By Frederick. Arthur. (Longmans and Co. 6s.)-1 powerful story of Italian life, in which the "mafia" plays an important part. —The Colonel's Stciry. By Mrs. Roger A. Pryor. (Macmillan and Co. 6s.)—The scene of this tale is laid in Virginia.before the Civil War, and shows us a most delightful Arcadia.—Moll o' the Toll bar. By Theodora Wilson Wilson. (Hutchinson and Co. eSs.)—A vigorous tale of the North Country in the famine years with which the last century began.