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READABLE NOVELL—Fats and the Watcher. By Margaret Peterson. (Hurst and

Blackett. Ga.)—An Anglo-Indian novel of great interest. It deals partly with the baffling questions of the education and outlook of the young native ruler.—The Locust. By Joan Sutherland. (Mills and Boon. 5.)—A story of which the most interesting scenes are laid in East Africa, to which the hero returns bearing an almost unspeakable load of obloquy in order to shield his father.