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Rzansiaas NOVELS.—The Adventure, of Cigarette. By John Roland. (William Blackwood

and Sons. 6s.)—Mr. Roland's stories of mystery and adventure on the road are full of vigour and open-air freshness ; their period is un- eertain.—Whiripool Heights. By Julia Cruikshank. (George Allen and Unwin. 4e, 6d. net)—The writer of these sketches of life by Niagara indulges in rather impertinent literary criticism ; the book is otherwise pleasant enough.—The Holy Flower. By H. Rider Haggard. (Ward, Lock, and Co. 6s.) —A capital story of orchid-hunting in Zululand, in which the intrepid Allan Quatermain reappears.