LIGHT FICTION.
THE COPPER Box. By J. S. Fletcher. (Hodder and Stoughton. 5s, net.) A would-be sensational story in which the mystery Is thin.
JOPPERT AND Sow. By C. H. Le Bosquet. (John Lane.
7s. 6d. net.) The story of bow, by a mistake of the " son" in the coin- pounding of a prescription for blacking, the firm acquires great riches.
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CAN THESE THINGS BEY By Cecilia Hill. (Hutchinson.
7s. 6d. net.) Miss Hill always writes with conviction and imagination, though her present novel is not quite so interesting as The Citadel. The story is concerned entirely with Lourdes and its wonders, and the miracle which is accomplished In the heart of the heroine is not physical but spiritual.
THE PRIMROSE PATH. By Arthur Mills. (Duck-worth. 7s. 6d.
net.) A collection of rather obvious little stories written with considerable good humour, and suitable to beguile the tedium of a railway journey.
DEVENISH. By E. H. Lacon Watson. (Mills and Boon.
7s. 6d. net.) An account of two assistant masters in a school : one is dismissed, the other inherits a legacy. They join forces, and the book describes their adventures.
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