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PETENERA'S DAUGHTER. By Henry Bellaman. (Cape. 7s. 6d.)–•Ursula Irack—Sule, for

short—of Basque blood, with vivacity and a head sometimes full of the strangest ecstasies and imaginings, was La Petenera's daughter. Every-:

one had loved Petenera. Her descendant was loved, also, ofx Mr.:Bellaman, an Atherican author who is already a poet 4: musician of some mark, tells her quiet tragedy with a derl simplicity of style which he has the power to make beautik and dramatic, too. Here and there he strikes a note rr distinctive force. The short, glamorous love-affair betweet Sole and the son of a " Pennsylvania. Dutch " farmer, fa instance, is beautifully told. This is a book for those al, care most for still waters.