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Reenseza Novaas.—The Gateway. By Harold Begbie. (Hodder and Stoughton. 6s.)—We

have never seen any better work from Mr. Beghie. The stray emphasises the restoring power of Christian faith.—The Ghost Pirates. By William Hope Hodgson. (Stanley Paul and Co. 6s.)—Any one who has a taste for wonders in the "Borderland" ought to be satisfied here.— The Image of Eve. By Margaret Sutton Briscoe. (Harper and Brothers. 3s. 6d.)—A " subukinque" seems to mean somewhere " a born chaperon," we might say "a born matchmaker." It is . interesting to see how Daphne's mother plays the part, and how it ends.—The Anger of Olivia. By Thomas Cobb. (Mills and Boon. 6s.)—An ingeniously contrived story, illus- • trating the familiar Oh, what a tangled web we weave," &c, though, indeed, Audrey can hardly be blamed for deceiving.— The King's Signet. By Morioe Gerard. (Hodder and Stoughton. 6s.)—This is a story of the time preceding the Restoration. Monk is well pictured.—A. Legacy of the Granite Hills. By Bertram Mitford. (John Long. 6s.)—A vigorously drawn picture of life among white men and Zulus in South Africa.