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READABLE NOVELS.—The Women who Wait. By Mary Marlowe. (Simpkin, Marshall,

and Co. 6s.)—The subject of the novel an- nounces itself in the title. A professi oral mystic plays a leading part.—The Madgwick Affair. By David Whitelaw. (Ward, Lock, and Co. 5s. net.)--A story beginning with a murder in the state-room of a ship. The further developments dealing with the impersonation of his victim by the murderer are ingeniously contriv ed. —The Pomp of Yesterday. By Joseph Hocking. (Hodder and Stoughton. 5s.)—A novel in which the hero's memory is destroyed by shell-shock. Fortunately it returns in the nick of time to frustrate the machinations of the villain.