READABLE NOVELS.—During Her Majesty's Pleasure. By /d. E. Braddon. (Hurst
and Blackett. 3s. 6d.)—A story of modern life with a sensational opening.—The Dual Heritage. By Mabel Godfrey-Faussett. (E. Grant Richards. 6s.)—A. study of character written with a purpose, and showing the irretrievable harm which too great severity in education may do to certain natures.—The Mystery of Myrtle Cottage. By Oswald Crawfurd. (Chapman and Hall. 6s.)—The mystery concerns a painter and a journalist, but its solution is not so convincing as it is intended to be by the author.—Dreluta : a Story of the Great Sahara. By George Whiteley Ward. (Greening and Co. 6s.)—A story of adventure in a hidden city where the worship of Isis has always been con- tinued. The forces of Nature play too accommodating a part in the story to win entire credence.—By Neva's Waters. By John R. Carling. (Ward, Lock, and Co. 6s.)—A story of the Russian Court in the first years of the nineteenth century.—The Orchard Close. By Alice and Claude Askew. (Hurst and Blackett. 6s.)— A modern story of India and England.—The Door of Darkness. By Maude Annesley. (John Lane. 6s.)—A story in which the hero is an advanced Rosicrucian. Granted its possibility, it is decidedly impressive.
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