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READABLE NOVELS.—The Kangaroo Marines. By Captain R. W. Campbell. (Cassell

and Co. is. net.)—Stories of the part which the Australian troops have played in the war ; they are somewhat marred by the imaginative romance interwoven with them.—Countrymen All. By Katharine Tynan. (Maunsel and Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—A collection of sad, finely written sketches and little tales of Irish folk.—Epistles from Deep Seas. By J. E. Patterson. (Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. Ills. 6d. net, )—Mr. Patterson's books of seafaring life are already well known. Here, in the form of letters, he gives us some more of his intimate knowledge and forcible writing.—A Boy in Eirinn. By Padraic Colum. (J. M. Dent and Sons. 3s. ed. net.)---This Irish story for children includes several fairy and folk tales, a play, and some attractive illustrations by Mr. Jack B. Yeats.