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1 DESTINED WAY. By Meredith Watson. (John Lane. 7s. 6d.

net.)—This story, though coloured by race prejudice and overweighted by the tremendous quotation from Oedipus on the title-page, is an interesting study in temperament. Steyn believes hithself to be the legitimate son of a man lie dislikes and despises. He shows signs of becoming like him. Then he discovers that he is the ille- gitimate son of a very different kind of man, and all is well.

• The Hounds of Banba. By Daniel Corkery. Dublin The Talbot Press. tid.] t Hidden Lim. By Leonora Bytes. London; Heinemann. [7s, ed. net.]