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READABLE NOVELS.—The Further Side of the Door. By the Author

of The Pointim Man. (Hutchinson. 6s.. 9d. net.)— • Tree Love. By Allan Monkbome. tendon: Collins. 17a. net] The story of an officer, gravely disfigured in the war, u ho takes a lonely house in Ireland to escape from the friends who bad known him before ho was wounded. The mystery of his being haunted by the ghost of an Irish beauty is explained in the final chapters.—Mona-Lisa-Nobody. By Aimee Bond. (Her- bert Jenkins. Os. 9d. net.)—The rather hackneyed Quartier Latin is the scene of most of this story, which deals with the struggle of a young girl trying to earn her living by jormialism. —The Tidal Wave. By Ethel M. Dell. (Cassell. 7s. net.)— A collection of short stories which will no doubt be enjoyed by the admirers of this author's works.