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READABLE NovEr.s.—First Love. By Marie van Forst. (Mills and Boon.

6s.)—An American story of a young man's love for a very much older woman.—The Wild Heart. By M. E. Francis. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 6s.)—This is one of Mrs. Blundell's charming West Country stories. It has not, however, so happy an end as that to which she has accustomed us.—The Adventures of an A.D.C. By Shelland Bradley. (John Lane. 6e.)—A lively and detailed account of life in the house of a Lieutenant-Governor in India. —Live Men's Shoes. By Richard _Marsh. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—The opening of this story in the middle of the earthquake at Messina is much the best part. 'The rest is concerned with a case of impersonation.-21 Splendid _Heritage. By Mrs. Stephen Batson. (Stanley Paul and Co. e6s.)—A modern story of a young man whO wishes to be loved for .himself alone, and not for his future possessions.—Love in the Bykays. By Algernon Gissing. (F. V. White and Co. 6s.)—A 'series of short stories of sentimental adventures in the country. 'The playing of the violin figures in the sketches much more .prominently than is usual in English village life.