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BEADABLS Novare.—The Marriage of Quixote. By Donald Armstrong. (Martin Seeker.

6s.)—A fine study of life and character, though not always pleasant to read.—The Hon. Peggy. By G. B. Lancaster. (Constable and Co. 6s.)—A novel of the Baedeker kind and sufficiently good ; but the Empress Helena was not a British princess.—The Choice of Theodora. By Thomas Cobb. (Mills and Boon. 6s.)—Charles Lamb asks : If by crooking your finger you could kill an unknown mandarin in China and gain vast riches, would you do it? Here is the problem in a simpler form.—Where the Shamrock Grows. By George H. Jessopp. (Murray and Evinden. 35. 6d.)—A good Irish story.