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READABLE NOVELS. —The Wonder Mist. By Henry Bruce. (John Long.

6s.)—The most interesting part of this novel is con- cerned with the psychology of the Eurasian heroine, and the series of chapters, the first of which is called " A Hindu Wife," are very curious in their details of life behind the veil. The life on shipboard of most of the English characters is not very convincing.—The Safety Curtain, and other Stories. By Ethel M. Dell. (T. Fisher Unwin. 6s.)—Short stories, of which the one that gives its name to the book is most successful.—The Major. By Ralph Connor. (Hodder and Stoughton. 6s.)—This book describes the feeling in the West of Canada on the outbreak of war. The hero does not earn the rank which gives its name to the book till the very last page.