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Exempla" Novm.s.—Judy and the Philosophers. By Tom Gallon. (Hutchinson and

Co. 6s.)—A sufficiently good story, with a very strong Dickens flavour about it. We are reminded especially of Scrooge.—A Shepherd of Kensington. By Margaret Baillie-Saunders. (Hodder and Stoughton. 6s.)—A story of the Church and the world written in a style which can be very incisive, as when a ladies' club has to be described.—The Scoundrel. By Ernest Oldmeadow. (Grant Richards. 6s.)— This tale is entitled a "romance"; an adverse critic might call it an "extravagance." Anyhow, it is not dull.—A Hole in the Coat. By Charles Eddy. (Cassell and Co. Gs.)—The story of a lady operator on the Stock Exchange, told by her secretary, who, like Mr. Pickwick, begins as a fool and ends as a wise man.