READABLE NOVELS.—The Taming of John Blunt. By Alfred °invent. (Methuen
and Co. 6s.)—The story of a Socialist journalist with whom the author is in complete sympathy. The reader will be inclined to inquire what action the hero's principles caused him to take on has marriage with the heroine, who is a young lady of vast possessions.—The Device of the Black Fez. By R. A. Wood-Says. (Mills and Boon. 6s.)—The story of a very elaborate scheme invented by a millionaire for contriving that the education of a penniless peer shall be of such a nature as to make him a fit husband for his only daughter.—Richard Somers. By H. Grahame Richards. (William Blackwood and Sons. 6a.)—A spirited story of a soldier of fortune in the seventeenth century. It would have been improved by some omissions.—Richard Temple. By Ralph Durand. (Macmillan and Co. 6s.)—An ex- cellent story, founded on fact, of early adventure in South Africa,
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