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READABLE NOVELS. —Obstacles. By Parry Truscott. (Chapman and Hall. 6s.)—A story

of a girl who becomes a munition worker and of her friendly relations with her co-workers.—Madame Prince. By W. Pett Ridge. (Methuen and Co. 584—An intimate description of the home life of a suburban dressmaker.—A Young Lion of Flanders. By Jo Van Ammers Kueller. Translated by C. Thieme. (Headley Brothers. 5s.)--A war story from the Belgian point of view. The four pictures by Raemaekers with which it is illustrated are even more illuminating than the text.