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READABLE NOVELS. —The Hunted Man. By Harold Begbie. (Books, Ltd.

6s.)—An ingenious story for the simple who love practical jokes.—Fivecorners, by Dowell O'Reilly (Beatty, Richardson, and Co., Sydney), is a collection of clever but somewhat embryonic short stories. They are by an Australian for Australians, and some of the local colour is excellent. They are commendably modem in tone.—The Black House. By Roy Bridges. (Hodder and Stoughton. 8s. 6d.)—A boys' story which includes a thrilling character who is at once the schoolmaster from Dotheboys Hall and a pirate and wrecker.