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READABLE NOVELB.—Unstable Ways. By Rosalind Murray. (Sidgwick and Jackson. 6s.)—A

well-written novel of the influence of four men on a girl's life. Its only fault is a tendency to dulness.—Fetters of the Port8i. By Helen 'Colebrooke. (John Murray. 6s.)—The chief fetter is a villainous and suppressed husband. The story as a whole is -conventional, but certainly amusing.—The Ways of Miss Barbara. By Agnes and Egerton Castle. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 6s.)—This pretty little "costume " story of fair ladies and gallant gentlemen might well be staged, as there is in it plenty of action.—The Game of Life and Death. By Lincoln Colcord. (Macmillan and Co. 6s.)—Some of these stories of the sea are humorous, some highly technical, some torrible, but all are clever.