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READABLE NOVELS. — The House of Sands. By L. M. Watt. (M.

Secker. 6s.)—Scottish and Barbary piracy in the seventeenth century promises a picturesque and exciting setting; the treatment is not quite convincingly adequate.— An Inn upon the Road. By Janet Dodge. (Sidgwick and. Jackson. 6s.)—Two broken engagements do not make a cheerful story, but there is very penetrating study of feminine character here.—Linda. By M. P. Montague. (Constable and Co. 6s.)—A sentimental, very feminine American story; prettily told.