RHADABLE NOVELS.—The Gentleman. By Alfred 011ivant. (John Murray. Os.)—A. spirited
tale of 1805, when the Boulogne Camp was still threatening England. The main interest is in a plot for kidnapping Nelson.—The Leaven of Love. By Clara Louise Burnham. (A. Constable and Co. 6s.)—The subject of a matrimonial misunderstanding is not attractive, but the character of Sibyl goes far to redeem the book.—The Witching Hour. By Augustus Thomas. (Harper and Brothers. 6s.)---Mr. Thomas gives us glimpses into things occult—tele- pathy, thought-transference, suggestion, &c.—with some curious pictures by the way of American life.—The Long Arm. By E. Phillips Oppenheim. (Ward, Lock, and Co. 6s.)—The "long arm" is the vengeance of a man who has been robbed of his fortune and his wife by a band of conspirators. One by one he strikes them down. The merits of the short story and of the long are happily combined. It is an excellent piece of work.
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