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READABLE NOYELS.—The Land Girl's Love Story. By Berta Ruck. (Hodder

and Stoughton. 6s. net.)—An entertaining account of a Land Girls' Camp, in which the tender passion seems to have found an ample field for expression.--Countess Glika. By Warwick Peeping. (Cassell. 75. net.)—A series of stories of adventure, of which the first is the most amusing.— The Lore Spinner. By Clara Turnbull. (Methuen. 7s. net.)— This exceedingly sentimental novel describes a delightful old lady's constant acts of self-sacrifice during the war. Unfortu- nately a Zeppelin bomb puts an end to her career in the last chapter.---The Devil's Problem. By Margaret Westrup. (Hurst and Blackett. Os. 9d. net.)—It is a little difficult to see where the Devil comes in in this story of an undeveloped girl married to a wounded soldier. It is, however, entertaining reading.