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READABLE NOVELS. — Goslings. By J. D. Beresford. (W. Heinemann.

6s.)—A new plague wipes out almost the whole male sex in Europe; with a very few cynical irreverences the tale satirizes conventions, and develops with reason and persuasive imagination.—Thane Brandon. By F. Bancroft. (Hutchinson and Co. 6s.)—A sequel to The Veldt Dwellers; a strong, somewhat gloomy, well-told story of the end of the Boer War.—One Woman's Life. By R. Herrick. (Mills and Boon. 6s.)—A. close study of a young American woman with charm and good intentions, whom the author leniently presents as an agreeable parasite.—The Mystery of Dr. Fu.-Manchu. By Sax Robruer. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)— Horror ingeniously piled on horror.