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READABLE NcivEts.—Mrs. Lancelot. By Maurice Hewlett. (Macmillan and Co. 6s.)—A

highly original, partially satisfYime study of the Duke loving honourably the young wife of a cold,. unhappy prig ; she is rapt from them by a 'whirlwind Of a poet, with what lasting result We are not told, and do not greatly cafe_ Mr. Hewlett has cerbed his mannerisms somewhat, bat the lusciousness and bravura remain.—The Fifth. Trunipet. By Paul Bertram. (J. Lane. 6s.)—The Council of Constance in 1418 is the setting of this able novel. The vices of the trine are very frankly illustrated.