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READABLE NOVEL.S.—The Leopard Woman. By Stewart Edward White. (Hodder and

Stoughton. 5s.)—An excellent novel of adventure in Africa just before the outbreak of war.—The Exploits of Danby Croker. By R. Austin Freeman. (Duckworth and Co. Os.)—A col- lection of adventures. In the end the hero, whose conduct is distinctly shady, comes off scot-free owing to a case of mistaken identity.— Honours of War. By George Edgar. (Mills and Boon. 694—Another plot depending on a marvellous likeness. Though the author does not surmount all the difficulties of the situation, the book is sufficiently credible to be amusing.